Title: Gaylord Nelson Papers
Inclusive Dates: 1954-2006 (bulk 1963-1980)

Creator:

• Nelson, Gaylord, 1916-2005

Call Number: Mss 1020; Micro 2098; Audio 1173A; PH 3764; AC 034; AC 407; AC 429-AC 434; AC 439-AC 450; AC 458-AC 459; AD 336; CB 019-CB 027; CB 032-CB 035; CB 037-CB 043; DD 629-DD 630; DD 632-DD 641; DD 644-DD 647; DE 834-DE 835; FF 074; VBA 463; VBA 953; VBB 186; VFA 006-VFA 008; VHA 592-VHA 602; VHA 904-VHA 905

Quantity: 491.6 cubic feet (464 records center cartons, 22 archives boxes, 7 flat boxes, 19 card boxes, 16 oversize folders), 30 reels of microfilm (35 mm), 29 reels of microfilm (16 mm), 141 tape recordings, 2 disc recordings, 62 film reels, 19 videorecordings, and 1989 photographs, 128 transparencies and 775 negatives in 9 boxes

Repository:

Wisconsin Historical Society, Division of Library, Archives, and Museum Collections

Archival Locations:

Wisconsin Historical Society (Map)

COLLECTION MAY BE STORED OFF-SITE: see catalog entry to request materials and for additional information.

Abstract:

Papers, mainly 1963-1980, of former Senator Gaylord Nelson of Wisconsin, founder of Earth Day and Counselor of the Wilderness Society. His papers primarily document his Senatorial career and his post-Senatorial activities including his initial election to Congress and his subsequent re-election campaigns, legislative achievements and activities, his relationships with other politicians and residents of his home state, the administration of his office and staff, his personal and official finances, his activities and interests in the environment after 1981, as the Counselor of the Wilderness Society, and the 20th and 25th anniversaries of Earth Day.

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The moving images (films and videorecordings) in this collection are also cataloged individually.

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Language: English

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Gaylord Anton Nelson (1916-2005), Wisconsin Governor, United States Senator, and founder of Earth Day, was born and raised in Clear Lake, Polk County, Wisconsin. He graduated from Clear Lake High School (1934), received a B.A. from San Jose State College (1939) and an LL.B. from the University of Wisconsin at Madison (1942). After college, Nelson enlisted in the United States Army and served until 1946 when he was honorably discharged with the rank of first lieutenant. In 1946, he returned to Madison to practice law and suffered his first political defeat when he ran for the State Assembly on the Progressive Republican ticket.

The following November, he married Carrie Lee Dotson from Virginia; they subsequently became the parents of three children: Gaylord Junior (born 1953), Cynthia (born 1956), and Jeffrey (born 1961).

In 1948, Nelson ran again for the state legislature, this time successfully, on the Democratic ticket. He was re-elected to the State Senate in 1952 and 1956. In 1954, Nelson made his first bid for Congress, but was defeated by incumbent Glenn Davis. In 1959, Nelson became the first Democratic governor elected in more than 25 years.

In 1962, Nelson ran for the United States Senate against Republican incumbent Alexander Wiley whom he defeated. Nelson served eighteen years in the Senate (1963-1981) and “earned the reputation of a staunch environmentalist, champion of the family farm and small business, supporter of labor, tax reformer, friend of the elderly and poor, and consumer and health advocate.” (Biographical material: Box 1, Folders 3-4)

Nelson, best known for pioneering the environmental movement by conceiving and organizing Earth Day, also contributed to the public and political awareness of other significant societal problems. He was one of only three senators opposed to the war in Vietnam from the beginning; he strongly advocated for civil rights and the desegregation of schools; he fought to preserve America's natural resources and to end pollution of its water and air; he worked to combat poverty on several levels; he urged the tire and automobile industry to adopt new safety standards; and he exposed the problems and abuses of the pharmaceutical industry. It was said that Nelson was the conscience of the Senate and he was well known for his bipartisan leadership.

During his tenure, Nelson was responsible for legislation which established the Apostle Islands National Lakeshore; preserved the Appalachian Trail; incorporated the St. Croix, Namekagon, and Wolf Rivers into the National Wild and Scenic Rivers System; contributed to the development of the Environmental Education Act; and aided in the passage of the Menominee Restoration Act and the establishment of the Upper Great Lakes Regional Commission. Nelson also developed several programs which were approved by Congress, including the National Teacher Corps, Operation Mainstream, Green Thumb (Nelson Amendment), the Job Corps, and Youth Corps.

Nelson served on several committees and subcommittees, most notably the Interior and Insular Affairs Committee; the Labor and Public Welfare Committee (and as chairman of its Employment, Poverty, and Manpower Subcommittee); and the Finance Committee (and as chairman of its Private Pensions Subcommittee). He was a member and the chairman of the Select Small Business Committee, chairman of its Monopoly Subcommittee, and a member of its Government Regulations Subcommittee. Nelson also served on the Select Committee on Nutrition and Human Needs and the Select Committee on Official Conduct.

Over time, Nelson became nationally recognized for his conservationism and was awarded the Ansel Adams Conservation Award, the Presidential Medal of Freedom, and the United Nations Only One World Award. In 2002, the Institute for Environmental Studies at the University of Wisconsin-Madison was named the Gaylord Nelson Institute for Environmental Studies in his honor. He also received honorary law degrees from Northland College, Beloit College, Lawrence University, Ripon College, and San Jose State College.

After leaving the Senate in 1981, Nelson was appointed Counselor of the Wilderness Society and devoted the rest of his life to environmental stewardship. Nelson continued to participate in annual Earth Day celebrations, touring the country and giving speeches while advocating for the protection of America's natural resources. Additionally, he lectured on population control and environmental sustainability.

Nelson died from cardiovascular failure at his Maryland home on July 3, 2005.

Gaylord Nelson Chronology

June 4, 1916	Born in Clear Lake, Polk County, Wisconsin to Anton Nels Nelson and Mary Bradt Nelson
1934	Graduated from Clear Lake High School
1939	Graduated from San Jose State College, California
1942	Graduated from University of Wisconsin Law School; enlisted in the United States Army
1946	Discharged from the United States Army; returned to Madison, Wisconsin to practice law; ran unsuccessfully for the State Assembly as a Republican
November 1947	Married Carrie Lee Dotson; children: Gaylord Jr. (born 1953), Cynthia (1956), Jeffrey (1961)
1948	Elected Wisconsin State Senator as a Democrat; re-elected 1952 and 1956
1954	Ran unsuccessfully for Congress against Glenn Davis
1958	Elected Governor of Wisconsin, the first Democrat to be elected governor in more than 25 years; re-elected 1960
1961	Governor Nelson's Outdoor Recreation Act Program (ORAP) is enacted to provide funding for conservation efforts throughout Wisconsin
1962	Elected United States Senator; re-elected 1968 and 1974
1963	Appointed to Interior and Insular Affairs Committee (until 1970); President John F. Kennedy's conservation tour in Wisconsin with Senator Nelson
1964	Nelson's Job Corps Program begins; Ice Age National Scientific Reserve bill enacted into public law
1965	Nelson introduced legislation to ban DDT; appointed to the Labor and Public Welfare Committee (until 1978); was one three Senators to oppose supplemental military appropriations for a land war in Vietnam
1966	Nelson's National Teacher Corps established
1967	Appointed to the Select Small Business Committee (until 1981); appointed chairman of the Monopoly Subcommittee of the Select Small Business Committee; began investigations of the pharmaceutical industry as chairman
1968	Nelson's legislation passed to include the St. Croix, Namekagon, and Wolf Rivers in the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act; the National Scenic Trails Act passed, preserving the Appalachian Trail
1969	Appointed Chairman of the Employment, Poverty, and Manpower Subcommittee of the Labor and Public Welfare Committee (until 1976)
April 22, 1970	First national Earth Day Teach-In held; Congress approved the Environmental Education Act; Apostle Islands became a national park after nine years of effort by Nelson
1971	Appointed to the Finance Committee (until 1980)
1972	Attended the United Nations and the Human Environment Conference in Stockholm
1973	Menominee Indian Restoration Act signed
1974	Nelson amendment to the Elementary and Secondary Education Act approved
1975	Appointed chairman of the Select Small Business Committee (until 1980)
1977	Appointed to the Special Committee on Official Conduct
1980	Defeated for re-election by Robert Kasten (R-Wisconsin)
1981	Appointed Counselor to the Wilderness Society
1990	Received Ansel Adams Conservation Award
1995	Awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom
2002	Institute for Environmental Studies at University of Wisconsin-Madison renamed the Gaylord Nelson Institute for Environmental Studies
2004	Part of the Apostle Islands National Lakeshore is designated the Gaylord Nelson Wilderness
July 3, 2005	Died at the age of 89 at his Maryland home

Most importantly, the Gaylord Nelson collection documents Nelson's involvement in the origins of Earth Day and legislation related to the Apostle Islands National Lakeshore; the St. Croix, Wolf, and Namekagon Rivers; Alaska Pipeline; Supersonic Transport (SST); environmental education; Mississippi Locks and Dam #26; Appalachian Trail; the pharmaceutical industry; Job Corps (Manpower); Project ELF (Project Sanguine); Kickapoo River Valley Dam; Menominee Indian Restoration; and tire safety.

The collection also provides information about a number of issues as a result of Nelson's committee assignments and his own personal interests including small business, taxes, the pollution of the Great Lakes, actions of the Reserve Mining Company, the Vietnam War and the draft, and the Panama Canal Treaty. Other broad subjects covered include matters related to the environment, civil rights, transportation, poverty, foreign affairs, civil liberties, labor, trade, agriculture, consumer affairs, education, Indian affairs, social security, veterans' affairs, and the state of Wisconsin in general.

The documents include biographical material (interviews, articles, awards, memberships, and memorabilia), VIP and personal correspondence, schedules, office records, subject files, notes, briefing material, hearing transcripts, reports, news clippings, constituent correspondence, memoranda, handwritten and typed drafts of speeches, statements and press releases, printed bills, voting records, press materials, campaign materials, financial records, case work, Federal projects and grants work, sound recordings, films, video recordings, posters, photographs, and ephemera.

Prominent correspondents include Wisconsin legislators, John F. Kennedy, Robert Kennedy, Walter Mondale, Richard Nixon, Jimmy Carter, Bill Clinton, Lyndon B. Johnson, Gerald Ford, Hubert H. Humphrey, Ronald Reagan, Tom Eagleton, Stewart Udall, and William Proxmire.

The collection is divided into twelve series that reflect the original filing system used in Nelson's office. Because staff assignments and filing practices changed over time, researchers will sometimes need to look in more than one series or subseries for related material. The twelve series are:

• PERSONAL AND BIOGRAPHICAL FILES, 1957, 1959-2006
• OFFICE MANAGEMENT, 1963-1980
• BILL FILES, 1963-1980
• CAMPAIGN MATERIAL, 1962-1980
• FINANCIAL RECORDS, 1959, 1963-1983
• COMMITTEE FILES, 1965-1980
• STAFF FILES, 1963-1980
• PRESS AND PUBLICITY FILES, 1954-1980
• SPEECHES AND WRITINGS, 1963-1980
• CONSTITUENT SERVICES, 1963-1980
• POST-SENATE PAPERS, 1981-2005
• AUDIO AND VISUAL MATERIALS, 1959-1995

The PERSONAL AND BIOGRAPHICAL FILES series, 1957, 1959-2006, provides information on Nelson's legislative achievements and activities; it documents his relationships with other Congress members and reveals his political alliances; and it provides background on some of the issues Nelson thought important. Included are Biographical material, Correspondence, and Subject files.

The Biographical material, 1962-2005, is an artificial subseries, brought together by Wisconsin Historical Society staff for the researchers' convenience, containing information on Nelson's legislative achievements and activities, and on his memberships in various organizations and committees. Other material includes published and unpublished biographies, interviews, audio recordings, films, correspondence, and awards. In addition, there is a file containing information on items Nelson donated to the Clear Lake Area Historical Museum for the Gaylord Nelson Room. Memorabilia includes political memorabilia from Gaylord's state senatorial and gubernatorial careers, and miscellaneous ephemera. Background on Nelson's early and family life can be found in the separate collection titled the Nelson-Bradt Family Papers.

The Correspondence, 1958-1980, includes letters to and from VIPs, members of Congress, and constituents. The files were identified as Nelson's “personal” files by his staff and were maintained by administrative assistants and his personal secretary. Correspondence (such as thank-you letters, requests, general acknowledgements, or recommendations) was sometimes filed with other constituent mail; years not represented here will be found in the CONSTITUENT SERVICES series.

Subject files, 1957, 1964-1980, contain media contracts, information on federal appointments, files on Environmental Teach-In, Incorporated (including the organization, dissolution, and finances of the first Earth Day entity), some material on state legislation from 1957, and miscellaneous material important to Nelson.

The series OFFICE MANAGEMENT, 1963-1980, documents the administration of Nelson's staff members and his D.C. office, Nelson's daily schedules in and out of the office, and his speaking engagements and travel. Files are arranged in the categories: Administration, Office appointments, invitations, and visitors, Schedules, and Speaking engagements and travel.

The files were created primarily by the administrative assistants and Nelson's personal secretary. Administrative assistants (Joe Nusbaum, 1963; William Bechtel, 1964-1969; William Cherkasky, 1970-1974; Louis Hanson, 1975-1978; and Jeffrey Nedelman, 1979-1980) were responsible for all phases of staff and office administration, preparing legislation and background materials for the Senator, reviewing all outgoing communications, and scheduling the Senator's engagements. Nelson's personal secretary, Joan Mutz, was mainly responsible for all of Nelson's day-to-day scheduling and for the maintenance of his appointment calendar.

Many of the administrative assistants served Nelson in other capacities (refer to Appendix A: Staff List by Congress and Appendix B: Staff List by Position Held). As such, these staff members may have files in the series STAFF FILES.

The Administration subseries, 1963-1980, includes personnel records, staff correspondence, office accounts, memoranda, filing system descriptions, job descriptions, and resumés. The material dates from 1963 to 1980, but the coverage is incomplete. Nelson's executive assistant, Warren Sawall, is barely documented here and in the rest of the collection, although he had significant responsibilities. There are no office files identified as Joe Nusbaum's and there are very few office files for Jeffrey Nedelman, which results in very little documentation of office procedures for the beginning and the end of Nelson's tenure. Additionally, there is little documentation for the early 1970s.

The staff correspondence is relatively insubstantial with files containing very few letters with the exception of the files for Warren Sawall, Bill Bechtel, John Heritage, and Bill Cherkasky. These folders contain correspondence between the above-named staff members and Sherman Stock from the home office, press officials, contacts from businesses and organizations, and Wisconsin state officials. The topics under discussion include information related to publicity, political alliances, legislation, and mundane requests. Frequent correspondents include Joe Floyd, Bob Levine, John Lavine, Fred Risser, Sherman Stock, and Martin Hanson.

Telephone accounts double as logs of outgoing phone calls from Nelson's office with no files for 1969-1976. Files titled Staff assignments and Memoranda provide insight into the organization and hierarchy of the office. The rest of the material relates to typical office management tasks.

Office appointments, invitations, and visitors, 1964-1980, contains correspondence, handwritten notes, and invitations. Only one appointment book (from 1967) was received with the collection and as a result these files (in addition to the schedules) are the only record of visitors to Nelson's office and those with whom he had meetings. The files were left almost entirely intact except for the invitations regretted, which were weeded significantly. There are no files for 1963. For 1964, there are only speaking invitations regretted. For the years 1970-1972, there are discreet files for Earth Day/ Teach-In invitations regretted, “note calendar,” others sent to represent Nelson, and visits/ appointments cancelled.

The invitations to speak were typically kept and treated separately from invitations to attend events. Speaking invitations accepted are maintained in the subseries Speaking engagements and travel. Additionally, there is one box containing invitations and appearance requests which came from the Home Office in Milwaukee maintained by Sherman Stock. It is unknown whether or not these are duplicated in the central file. The condensed version of information found in this subseries is located in the Schedules subseries. For documentation regarding Nelson's speaking engagements and travel see the subseries Speaking engagements and travel.

The Schedules subseries, 1965-1980, documents Nelson's personal, social, and political activities, including speaking engagements, travel plans, meetings, visitors, dinners, parties, and committee sessions and hearings. It contains daily and weekly schedules, detailed on individual sheets of paper, often with handwritten notes and annotations which reflect changes in the Senator's schedule. Photocopies of the schedules were also filed within the Speaking engagements and travel files.

Speaking engagements and travel, 1964-1980, documents Nelson's official and unofficial business outside of the Senate as guest speaker and representative of the United States during conferences. Also documented is Nelson's personal travel. Files typically include incoming and outgoing correspondence, background information on speaking invitations, brochures, pamphlets, notes, and often copies of remarks or speeches Nelson gave at these appearances. Travel refers to trips made for speaking engagements, personal and official business, and political purposes. During the years 1978-1980, Nelson made frequent trips to Wisconsin for campaign purposes. Other notable trips include the 1970 Earth Day Teach-In tour; the 1968 Stevens Point campaign debate; a speech given at Northland College in 1973; a meeting with a chapter of the National Organization of Women (NOW) in 1974; the 10th Anniversary of Earth Day; and the Nelson-Kasten campaign debate (includes briefs) held in Green Bay in 1980. Additionally, there is material documenting Nelson's participation in international conferences and meetings, including the Mexico-U.S. Interparliamentary; the North Atlantic Assembly (1970, 1972); and the United Nations and the Human Environment conference (1972).

BILL FILES, 1963-1980, document Nelson's role as sponsor and co-sponsor of bills, amendments, and resolutions and his attendance in Congress and roll call votes. Included are Nelson bills introduced, Nelson bills enacted, Bill histories, Requests from others for co-sponsorship, and Roll call votes/ Voting records.

Nelson bills introduced, 1963-1980, contains copies (or drafts) of bills which Nelson authored, indices of bills he sponsored and co-sponsored, and incomplete correspondence from other members of Congress. Copies of bills which were co-sponsored by Nelson were weeded from this subseries, but documentation of them is included in the indices and further information can be found under Requests from others for co-sponsorship.

The Nelson bills enacted files, 1965-1980, pertain to legislation sponsored by Nelson that was either signed into law or vetoed. For each piece of legislation a folder exists with a copy of the bill, along with supplementary documents (floor statements, transcripts of hearings, committee reports, and correspondence). The bills in this subseries are those referred to either the Small Business Committee, Finance Committee, or Employment, Manpower, and Poverty Subcommittee, and thus do not comprise all the bills Nelson authored which became public law.

Bill histories, 1965-1980, compiled by staff members (most likely for re-election campaigns) are for Nelson's energy legislation, Nelson's poverty amendment, the Endangered Species Act, the formation of the Upper Great Lakes Regional Commission, postal rates, and other topics before the Committee on the Judiciary and the Committee on Government Operations. For information on Nelson bills not represented here see the STAFF FILES series.

Requests from others for co-sponsorship, circa 1963-1976, is comprised primarily of correspondence received from other members of Congress who were sponsoring bills and requesting that Nelson sign on as a co-sponsor. In addition to the correspondence, often referred to as “Dear Colleague” letters, the files may contain one or more of the following: staff memoranda, press releases and statements from other senators, and background material.

Roll call votes/ voting records, 1963-1980, were published by the Senate Democratic Policy Committee and have been kept with the collection for easier access to Nelson's entire voting and attendance record in Congress. In addition, there are voting histories for Nelson for the 91st (1969-1970) and the 94th (1975-1976) Congresses.

CAMPAIGN MATERIAL, 1962-1980, consists of information related to Nelson's initial election to Congress in 1962 and subsequent re-election campaigns in 1968, 1974, and 1980, including opinion polls, press material, speeches, notes, correspondence, memoranda, campaign literature, news clippings, unofficial voting records, studies and analyses, issue briefs, financial material, and travel schedules arranged chronologically by campaign. The re-election campaigns are best documented, with limited information on the 1962 campaign. Also present in the 1962 compilations are campaign clips and outtakes filmed during Nelson's run for Wisconsin's governor (1958 and 1960). Other information related to Nelson campaigns can be found in the PERSONAL AND BIOGRAPHICAL FILES (political memorabilia), FINANCIAL RECORDS (campaign finances for 1974 and 1980), PRESS AND PUBLICITY FILES (scrapbooks and news clippings), and AUDIO AND VISUAL MATERIALS.

FINANCIAL RECORDS, 1959, 1963-1983, detail Nelson's personal and official expenses, including purchases, travel, income taxes, honoraria, bank accounts, business interests, and property ownership. This series also includes financial material for the 1974 and 1980 campaigns, which were received separately from Kate Barbash, Nelson's campaign treasurer. Her files consist of correspondence, financial reports, bank statements, information on fundraising and events, media activities, and campaign contributions from individuals and organizations (5 index files).

Additionally there are account books and separate loose ledger sheets (remnants of different record keeping practices) which summarize Nelson's personal and official spending. Since these two account systems overlap for the years 1971-1974, researchers are encouraged to consult both.

The COMMITTEE FILES, 1965-1980, document the development of specific legislation heard before committees on which Nelson either was a member or was chairman. The files are similar to the STAFF FILES, but are concentrated around particular hearings and contain mostly correspondence. Also included is background information for committee hearings and bills. The series is divided into subseries based on committee, as follows: Committee on Labor and Public Welfare (including the Subcommittee on Employment, Manpower, and Poverty); the Special Committee on Official Conduct ; and the Select Small Business Committee (including the Monopoly Subcommittee). Nelson served on other committees not represented in this series. For a full listing of committee assignments consult Appendix C: Committee Appointments. For information on legislation before other committees consult the STAFF FILES.

Nelson served on the Committee on Labor and Public Welfare (which later became the Human Resources Committee) and its Subcommittee on Employment, Poverty, and Migratory Labor (also known as Employment and Manpower; also known as Employment, Poverty, and Manpower) from 1965 until 1980; he chaired the subcommittee from 1969 until 1980. The bulk of the files are from the years 1969-1970 and 1975-1980. The earliest records document Nelson's poverty and manpower legislation including his efforts to extend the Office of Economic Opportunities (OEO) as an independent entity, and to establish and retain funding for Job Corps, Operation Mainstream, and other employment programs. There is information concerning the OEO Oklahoma Plan containing correspondence with Donald Rumsfeld, Acting Director of the OEO. The later records are correspondence files covering a variety of subjects related to labor and public welfare. There is also “executive correspondence” from 1969 to 1980 containing letters to and from businessmen, agency representatives, and other legislators. Additionally, there is one file concerning distribution of federal aid to Menominee County (1965-1966). Further information related to this series can be found in the STAFF FILES.

Nelson was appointed chairman of the Special Committee on Official Conduct in 1977 pursuant to Senate Resolution 36 for the purpose of setting out a proposed code of conduct for members, officers, and employees of the Senate. The files include mainly what appear to be the working papers of Ira Shapiro, who was the Committee's staff director and Nelson's legal counsel, including drafts of legislation and reports. In addition, there is a file on the organization and administration of the committee which includes memos and letters.

Nelson was a member of the Select Committee on Small Business from 1965 until 1980 (chairman, 1976-1980) and a member of its Monopoly Subcommittee from 1965 until 1978 (chairman, 1967-1978). As chairman of the Monopoly Subcommittee, Nelson conducted hearings on the abuses of the pharmaceutical industry, from pricing to advertising and safety; the hearings lasted for ten years. The drug hearing files in this series were kept by Bill Cherkasky and span the early years 1967-1970. After 1970, information on the drug hearings can be found under legislative correspondence (mainly 1967-1970) in the CONSTITUENT SERVICES files. The remaining files, mainly 1975-1980, in this series pertain to the Small Business Committee and Nelson's accomplishments as its chair including press material, reports, constituent correspondence, and information on the White House Conference on Small Business.

The series STAFF FILES, 1963-1980, is comprised of material from legislative assistants, administrative assistants, research assistants, and interns, and documents all phases of legislation, from policy formulation to bill drafting. A subseries exists for each staff person represented in the series; subseries are listed in alphabetical order by staff persons' surnames. Each staff member had his or her own subject specialty. Files typically contain research material; background information, including papers and reports from conferences, individuals, and the government; notes; briefing materials and hearing transcripts; legislative correspondence; memoranda; and drafts of bills, speeches, statements, and press releases. Often there are handwritten notes between staff members and Nelson, corrections to drafts in Nelson's hand, and memos from administrative assistants and other staff members. These communications document Nelson's involvement in developing legislation and drafting press material and at the same time document the responsibilities of staff members with regard to their level of interaction in the same.

Information on the following can be found in the STAFF FILES: the first Earth Day and subsequent celebrations, the Vietnam War and the draft, civil rights and the desegregation of schools, poverty, air and water pollution, tire and automobile safety, drug pricing and the pharmaceutical industry, the Apostle Islands National Lakeshore, the Appalachian Trail, the St. Croix, Namekagon, and Wolf Rivers, the Alaska Pipeline, the Supersonic Transport (SST), environmental education, Mississippi Locks and Dam #26, the Reserve Mining Company, the Chippewa Flowage, the Upper Great Lakes Regional Commission, Project ELF (Project Sanguine), Kickapoo River Valley Dam, Menominee Indian Restoration, the Panama Canal Treaty, the National Teacher Corps, Operation Mainstream, Green Thumb (Nelson Amendment), Job Corps, and Youth Corps. Other broad subjects covered include matters related to the environment, transportation, foreign affairs, civil liberties, labor, trade, agriculture, consumer affairs, education, Indian affairs, small business, taxes, Social Security, veterans' affairs, and the state of Wisconsin in general.

Note that because staff responsibilities changed over time, it may be necessary to consult multiple staff members' files for a given subject. In order to facilitate this process, staff responsibility appendices been added to this finding aid (see Appendix A: Staff List by Congress and Appendix B: Staff List by Position Held). Additionally, brief biographies of staff members and sketches of their responsibilities precede the contents list for each member represented in the collection.

The series PRESS AND PUBLICITY FILES, 1954-1980, documents Nelson's stance on legislation, as defined for the general public and constituents through various press material, including the “Gaylord Nelson Newsletter” and the “Legislative War on Poverty”; editorials and newspaper columns titled “As I See It” or “Washington Reports”; legislative memos; press releases; Congressional Record reprints; and television and radio spots. The press material was indexed in several ways by Nelson's staff, and the indices are present in this series; these will be helpful in identifying material by subject.

This series also includes loose news clippings and scrapbooks of news clippings, collected and compiled by Nelson's staff, which document his activities and those of other politicians in mainstream media. There are six sets of scrapbooks which are arranged in rough chronological order, and which usually contain clippings on multiple issues. Set one contains clippings from Nelson's early years in the Senate until circa 1972 and subjects covered were of personal interest to him; set two documents a wide range of issues from 1966 until roughly 1976; set three covers issues from 1975 to 1978; set four contains issues from 1979; and set five contains coverage of Nelson's campaigns including his run for Congress against Davis in 1954 and his 1968, 1974, and 1980 re-election campaigns as an incumbent. There are also two 1974 re-election campaign scrapbooks in set two. Set six contains clippings on small business and taxes for the years 1975-1980. Lastly, there are loose clippings and scrapbook pages dated 1974 to 1980.

Press releases were bound in volumes for Nelson and are nearly complete. Press releases found in other files were compared to these volumes and those which were either annotated or not present were foldered and arranged by year.

The series SPEECHES AND WRITINGS, 1963-1980, documents Nelson's point of view on legislation and current affairs and span his entire career. Included are magazine and newspaper articles written by Nelson; floor remarks published in the Congressional Record, and speeches and statements delivered at events and in the Senate. The files are arranged chronologically and the floor remarks are contained in bound volumes arranged chronologically by Congress. There are no volumes for 1974.

This series also includes speeches on audio tape and on film.

Note that some speeches and statements were also published in the Congressional Record. The speech files are not comprehensive and researchers are encouraged to consult STAFF FILES under subjects, the bound volumes of press releases in PRESS AND PUBLICITY FILES, and the speaking engagements and travel subseries in OFFICE MANAGEMENT.

The series CONSTITUENT SERVICES, 1963-1980, documents Nelson's role in representing the interests and concerns of constituents. Included here are six subseries: Legislative Correspondence, Correspondence Management System Mail (CMS), Form Mail, Casework, Milwaukee District Office, and Projects and Grants. The series comprises 258 cubic feet of material. Note, during Nelson's career, the technology for handling correspondence changed several times resulting in three identifiable mail systems: “Duramail,” “Robomail,” and “CMS mail.” The “Duramail” and “Robomail” are not noticeably different and are grouped together under legislative correspondence. There are large quantities of legislative mail scattered throughout other series in the collection especially within the STAFF FILES. At the end of 1978, the Correspondence Management System became the method for handling mail resulting in a change in the arrangement of the files. CMS mail which also constitutes legislative mail is arranged sequentially by document number and includes only incoming letters with a separate form letter library consisting of outgoing responses. There are also topic and name reports (typically weekly) on microfilm. Another portion of mail is identified as Form Mail which refers to bulk mail that was received by Nelson's office. When this occurred a “form letter” was created and sent to all correspondents.

Legislative Correspondence also called issue mail includes incoming letters with the outgoing response or “green” copy (earlier copies were white) attached. The files are first arranged chronologically by year and then alphabetically by subject. Legislative Correspondence for the 88th Congress (1963-1965) are filed in the STAFF FILES Series in the Bill Bechtel subseries. See the Scope and Content note for the Bechtel files (search “Bechtel, William” in the Contents List below) for more details.

Legislative correspondence was based on a form letter which could be adapted to create special responses to constituents. At times, legislative mail was answered with original responses crafted personally by Nelson or by a legislative assistant. Files for 1965 have numbers in brackets following the subject heading. This appears to be a part of a filing system whereby each number corresponded to a subject. The system possibly corresponds to other files maintained by Carole Dunn and only affect Legislative Correspondence for the year 1965 after which the system appears to have been abandoned.

The CMS (Correspondence Management System) refers to a technology instituted at the end of 1978 and contains both Legislative as well as Form mail. This mail subseries includes a form letter library; reports on microfilm for topics and names; and incoming correspondence arranged by document number. The first part of the document number is based on the date the letter was answered followed by a series of numbers referencing the number of letters answered that day. For example, document number 9/082 refers to the letter answered on the 82nd day of 1979 (3/23/1979). The incoming letters are arranged by date and arranged sequentially by document numbers.

Form mail was initially organized by subject, similar to the Legislative Correspondence. Only a few files remain of the Form mail for the period 1971-1974. By 1974 large portions of the mail were filed simply by month received and by 1977-1978 all form mail was filed by year or by month. In addition, there is a form letter library (1963-1977) which contains pre-written responses of various subjects, sometimes in various iterations that were used to draft responses to incoming correspondence. Certain letters, specifically relating Pollution, Panama Canal Treaty and Abortion were filed in bulk together regardless of date. These letters are filed chronologically within their respective subjects and filed in the series by the first date indicated.

The Casework, 1963-1978, consists of correspondence relating to individual “casework” involving individuals or organizations. The casework subseries is arranged by year and alphabetically by federal agency name. However due to the sensitive nature of some of the case files and the personal information contained within, access to this subseries is limited. Use of this material requires individual researchers to sign an “Agreement for Use of Restricted Materials” form. See the reference staff to gain permissions.

The Milwaukee District Office, 1963-1977 subseries includes inter-office communications with the Washington office, general correspondence, and casework. Also included is a select Form Letter Library which apparently was prepared by the Washington office for use in the district office. These files were most notably associated with Sherman Stock who served as legal counsel from 1970 to 1980 and ran the Milwaukee office from 1964 to 1980.

The Projects and Grants, 1963-1969, 1971, 1973-1978 subseries includes correspondence related to State and Federally-funded projects and grants. There is some casework and general correspondence included as well. It is arranged alphabetically by government agency, then county and city, and finally individual project name. In cases where one or more of these pieces of identifying information may be unavailable, the next category is followed.

The series POST-SENATE PAPERS, 1981-2005, documents Nelson's post-Senatorial activities as Counselor to the Wilderness Society and as an environmental activist. Nelson continued to participate in annual Earth Day celebrations and often gave speeches on environmental issues. He authored a book titled Beyond Earth Day: Fulfilling the Promise (2002) and compiled notes and information for Bill Christofferson's biography of Nelson, titled The Man from Clear Lake (2004). In addition, Nelson was featured on many television programs and recognized for his achievements.

The material includes correspondence, speeches, news clippings, Earth Day material related to the 20th and 25th anniversaries, writings and interviews, video recordings, and notes and research for Christofferson's book. There are materials which Nelson took with him when he left the Senate which contain chronologies that were compiled post-Senate; these materials have been left in this series under legislation.

The AUDIO AND VISUAL MATERIALS series, 1959-1995, includes photographs, negatives, and transparencies and miscellaneous audio tapes and films.

The photographs, negatives, and transparencies document Nelson's political campaigns, staff, travel, and various other activities. Images are from John F. Kennedy's 1960 campaign in Wisconsin; Nelson receiving awards including the Presidential Medal of Freedom from President Bill Clinton; the Nelson and Bronson La Follette 1968 “Whistle Stop” campaign in Wisconsin; Nelson speaking at the first Earth Day Teach-In held in Denver, Colorado; Nelson in his office, with staff members, with constituents, at speaking events, and in Congress; Nelson canoeing down the Namekagon River; and scenes at the Apostle Islands. Included are both formal and informal portraits. Other persons in the images include: Ted Kennedy, John F. Kennedy, David Obey, William Proxmire, Orville Freeman, Cecil Andrus, Robert Kastenmeier, Walter Mondale, Hubert H. Humphrey, Patrick Lucey, Lyndon B. Johnson, Jimmy Carter, Richard Nixon, August Derleth, Harry Truman, George McGovern, Stewart Udall, Henry Reuss, Ed Muskie, John Reynolds, Adlai Stevenson, Warren Knowles, Lee Dreyfus, Henry Maier, Alexander Wiley, Harold Jordahl, Abba Eban, and Melvin Laird. Also included are photographs related to Nelson legislation and the state of Wisconsin in general.

Some of the miscellaneous audio tapes found in this series had limited information regarding their content. Further description of these tapes will be included after they have been mastered. The rest of the audio tapes found in this series pertain to Nelson's gubernatorial activities including Nelson's 1960 inaugural address, speeches at campaign events and a speech to the State Legislature about passing the budget. All other audio recordings can be found listed under the series PERSONAL AND BIOGRAPHICAL FILES, CAMPAIGN MATERIAL, PRESS AND PUBLICITY FILES, and SPEECHES AND WRITINGS. Appendix D: Audio Recordings Chronological List, is a complete list of audio recordings present in the collection.

The miscellaneous films found in this series are films which were donated as part of the Nelson materials but either document his gubernatorial activities and campaigns or contain content not directly related to Nelson. Included are scenes from John F. Kennedy campaigning in Wisconsin, 1960; Nelson campaign spots, 1958 and 1960; the Governor's press conference, 1961; Nelson's inauguration as Governor, 1959; and environmental films and documentaries.

Nelson's official gubernatorial records are cataloged separately and form part of state records' Series 20; however films, audio tapes, and photographs documenting his time as Wisconsin's Governor are described as part of this collection. Background on Nelson's family and his early life in Wisconsin can be found in the collection titled the Nelson-Bradt Family Papers which is cataloged separately.

Access Restrictions

Access to the casework files in the Constituent Services series (Box 359-477, 506-508) is limited. Use of this material requires individual researchers to sign an “Agreement for Use of Restricted Materials” form, which states that no individually identifiable information from the records be disclosed. See Reference Archivist for access.

Acquisition Information

Primarily presented by Gaylord Nelson, Washington, D.C., 1965-2000; additional material presented by Kate Barbash, Carrie Lee Nelson, and John W. Reynolds. Accession Number: M64-388, M65-410, M66-019, M69-079, M74-549, M75-486, M75-584, M80-626, M83-130, M86-032, M87-517, M88-041, M90-214, M97-049, M98-087, M2000-162, M2000-174, M2007-069

Processing Information

Processed by Jennifer Graham, 2007-2008.

Mss 1020	Series: Personal and Biographical Files, 1957, 1959-2006
	Subseries: Biographical material, 1962-2005
	Audio recordings
1173A/71	Apostle Islands interview, WIBA “Viewpoint,” 1965 October 9
1173A/57	Earth Week interview, 1973 March 21
1173A/76	“Grassroots,” WUWM Radio, Milwaukee, circa 1966
1173A/61	History of Gaylord Nelson, 1972 May 8
1173A/60	Interview by Guy Nunn of UAW, 1963 May 8
1173A/22	Nelson-Knoll interview, 1970 February 16
Mss 1020 Box   1 Folder   1	Awards, certificates, and tributes, 1964-2006
Box   1 Folder   2	Awards, press office award scrapbook, 1962-1974
Box   1 Folder   3-4	Biographical material
	Films
DE 835	Face the Nation, [Gaylord Nelson and Paul McClosky] / CBS, 1970 April 19 Physical Description: 1 film reel of 1 (circa 1000 feet); sound; black and white; 16 mm print  Scope and Content Note: Panel of guests interview Nelson and Paul McClosky, Congressman from California, regarding their expectations of the Earth Day Teach-In.
AC 432	[Senator Nelson on: Vietnam, the Apostle Islands, and the St. Croix River] / [production company unknown], 1966 Physical Description: 1 film reel of 1 (168 feet); sound; black and white; 16 mm archival positive  Scope and Content Note: Nelson is interviewed about his opinion on United States involvement in Vietnam, and conservation of the Apostle Islands and of the St. Croix River.
CB 019	[Gaylord Nelson Receives Award] / [production company unknown], undated Physical Description: 1 film reel of 1 (730 feet); sound; color; 16 mm print  Scope and Content Note: Nelson receives an outstanding citizen award from the Allied Council of Senior Citizens of Wisconsin. Includes speeches by Nelson and the President of the Allied Council. Note: Buckled
AC 430	[Interview on the Apostle Islands Proposal] / [production company unknown], undated Physical Description: 1 film reel of 1 (298 feet); sound; black and white; 16 mm print  Scope and Content Note: Senator Gaylord Nelson discusses his proposal to designate the Apostle Islands a national recreation area. Note: Sound is fuzzy.
AC 440	[Scott Paper Company Film] / John Secondari Productions Ltd., 1971 Physical Description: 1 film reel of 1 (54 feet); sound; color; 16 mm print  Scope and Content Note: This film discusses the problem of pollution by industry and municipalities. Gaylord Nelson is interviewed and points out that more preventative legislation is needed. Note: This is the same or related to DD 639.
DD 639	Is Anybody Listening? / John H. Secondari Productions, Corporate Communications Division, Scott Paper Company, 1971 Physical Description: 1 film reel of 1 (1,027 feet); sound; color; 16 mm print  Scope and Content Note: Uses interviews to examine Scott Paper Company's corporate practices. Specific topics include finances, pollution, community relations, and employee relations. Senator Gaylord Nelson is interviewed about pollution. Note: This film is the same as or related to AC 440.
Mss 1020 Box   1 Folder   5	Gaylord Nelson Room, Clear Lake Area Historical Museum, 1978-1980
Box   1 Folder   6	Interviews, printed, 1970, 1973-1974
Box   1 Folder   7-9	Legislative initiatives and accomplishments, 1959-1980
	Memberships
Box   1 Folder   10	Committee requests, 1978, 1980
Box   1 Folder   11	Correspondence, 1966-1975
Box   1 Folder   12-14	Father Marquette Tercentenary Commission, 1967-1973
Box   1 Folder   15	Harvard Board of Visitors, 1970-1972
Box   1 Folder   16	Humane Society, 1970-1973
Box   1 Folder   17	Members of Congress for Peace through Law, 1969-1970
Box   1 Folder   18	Membership cards
Box   1 Folder   19	President's Commission for a National Agenda for the Eighties, 1979-1980
Box   1 Folder   20	Select Committee to Study the Senate Committee System, 1976
Box   1 Folder   21	Senate Democratic Task Force on the Economy, 1980
Box   1 Folder   22	Senate Rules Committee, 1978
Box   1 Folder   23-24	Senate Steering Committee, 1976-1977
Box   1 Folder   25	Senate Steering Committee, appointment requests, 1979 January
Box   1 Folder   26	Small Business Task Force, 1980
Box   1 Folder   27	Sponsorships, 1970-1973
Box   1 Folder   28	Washington Policy Council, International Management and Development Institute, 1978
Box   2 Folder   1-2	Memorabilia
Box   233 Folder   1	Memorabilia, oversize
Box   2 Folder   3	Memorials and obituaries, 2005
Box   234 Folder   1	Memorials and obituaries, oversize
Box   2 Folder   4	Nelson, Cynthia
Box   2 Folder   5-8	“Nelson Record,” Bills, Speeches and statements, press releases, audio and film indices, 1963-1974
	Subseries: Correspondence, 1958-1980	⇧
Box   2 Folder   9-11	Acknowledgments, 1973-1977
Box   2 Folder   12	Business, 1963-1969
Box   2 Folder   13	Campaign, regarding fundraising, 1974
Box   2 Folder   14	Carter administration, recommendations
Box   2 Folder   15	CBS regarding Earth Day, outgoing, 1971 April
Box   2 Folder   16	Condolences, 1965-1966, 1968-1971
Box   2 Folder   17-27	Congratulations, 1967-1976, 1978
Box   2 Folder   28	Endorsements, 1980
Box   2 Folder   29	Environment/ Teach-In, 1969-1970
Box   2 Folder   30	Federal judgeship, 1965-1966
Box   2 Folder   31	Forms for future use
Box   2 Folder   32	Forms, miscellaneous outgoing, 1974-1975
Box   2 Folder   33	Get-well wishes, 1971
Box   2 Folder   34	Kennedy, Edward, drug reform bill, hearings, 1972-1977
Box   2 Folder   35	Kennedy, John F., conservation tour, 1963
Box   2 Folder   36	Miscellaneous
	Nelson, personal
Box   3 Folder   1-23	1963-1976
Box   4 Folder   1-10	1977-1980
Box   4 Folder   11	Patronage, 1967
Box   4 Folder   12-13	Post-election, “well wishers,” 1980 November-December
Box   4 Folder   14	Questionnaires, incoming, 1974-1975
	Recommendations and Federal appointments
Box   4 Folder   15-27	1963-1978
Box   5 Folder   1-2	1977-1979
Box   5 Folder   3	Recommendations, United States Information Agency, 1975
	Requests
Box   5 Folder   4-10	General, 1966, 1974-1979
Box   5 Folder   11-13	For other speakers, 1965-1971
Box   5 Folder   14	Special “bucks”
Box   5 Folder   15	Senator Williams, hearing dispute
Box   5 Folder   16	Special, Nelson personal interest (Carley, Fromstein), 1976
Box   5 Folder   17-18	Testimonial messages, 1969, 1971
Box   5 Folder   19-24	Thank-you letters, 1966-1978, 1980
Box   5 Folder   25	Thank-you, to and from colleagues, 1970-1971
	VIP Note: Originals of some letters have been moved to the autograph file.
Box   5 Folder   26	Carter, Jimmy, 1974, 1977-1980
Box   5 Folder   27-29	Congressman and others, 1963-1979
Box   6 Folder   1	First Ladies, Roosevelt, Johnson, 1959, 1964
Box   6 Folder   2	Ford, Gerald, 1974-1976
Box   6 Folder   3	Humphrey, Hubert H., 1959, 1964-1970, 1974, 1976
Box   6 Folder   4	Johnson, Lyndon B., 1962-1963, 1965-1966, 1968
Box   6 Folder   5	Kennedy, John F., 1958-1960, 1962-1963
Box   6 Folder   6	Kennedy, Robert and Edward, 1963-1974
Box   6 Folder   7	Miscellaneous, 1960, 1963-1965, 1972-1975, 1977
Box   6 Folder   8	Mondale, Walter F., 1977-1980
Box   6 Folder   9	Nixon, Richard, 1969-1970, 1974
Box   6 Folder   10	Reagan, Ronald, 1969
Box   6 Folder   11	Rockefeller, Nelson, 1975
Box   6 Folder   12	Stevenson, Adlai, 1959, 1963-1965
Box   6 Folder   13	White House, outgoing, 1966-1969, 1979-1980
Box   6 Folder   14-15	Year end, 1980 (early)-1981
	Subseries: Subject files, 1957, 1964-1980 Note: Not comprehensive; other subject files maintained by administrative assistants can be found in STAFF FILES under staff members' names.	⇧
	Agents
Box   6 Folder   16	American Program Bureau, 1970-1971
Box   6 Folder   17	Midwest Program Services, 1972
Box   6 Folder   18	Speaking Bureau, 1970
Box   6 Folder   19	Harry Walker Inc., 1970-1971
Box   6 Folder   20	Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service, committee appointments, Wisconsin, 1965-1969
Box   6 Folder   21	Bohrod, Aaron, art, 1978-1979
Box   6 Folder   22	Career Academy, Nelson scholarship, 1968
Box   6 Folder   23	Certificate of election to Congress, 1968
Box   6 Folder   24	Country Beautiful, Nelson conservation book material, 1967
Box   6 Folder   25	Davis, Glenn R., nomination opposition, 1971
Box   6 Folder   26	Drug hearings, SERC, 1968-1969
Box   6 Folder   27	Dueholm, Harvey, eulogy, 1980
	Environmental Teach-In Inc.
Box   6 Folder   28	Contributions, 1970
Box   6 Folder   29	Organization and dissolution, 1970-1971
Box   6 Folder   30	Newsletters, fact sheets, 1970 Notes and press release used for Nelson's speech in Denver during the first Earth Day Teach-In tour are available online.
Box   6 Folder   31	Federal Drug Administration laboratory, 1969
Box   6 Folder   32	Franking privileges, Common Cause versus Bailar, 1968-1978
Box   6 Folder   33	Media Productions, agreement and film script on pollution, 1971-1972
Box   6 Folder   34	“Missing Link” Waterway, Paulucci, Jeno, 1972-1976
Box   6 Folder   35	Nelson, Carrie Lee, biographical information
Box   6 Folder   36	Nelson, James Gaylord, imposter file, 1973-1976
Box   6 Folder   37	Nobel, Claes, Earth Aid Society “Nobel Project,” 1974-1975
Box   6 Folder   38	NRT?, 1973-1974
Box   6 Folder   39	Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) letter to Williams, 1980
Box   6 Folder   40	Oral interview for JFK Library, transcript and correspondence, 1964-1965
Box   6 Folder   41	Permission to reprint, 1970-1972, 1978
Box   6 Folder   42	Playboy article, memo, 1969
Box   6 Folder   43	Post Office closings, 1975
Box   6 Folder   44	“Problems” with Wisconsin residency, 1969, 1972, 1975
Box   6 Folder   45	Re-election congratulations, 1974
Box   6 Folder   46	Relation to Nelson inquiries, 1970
Box   6 Folder   47-48	State legislation (and Lake Access bill), 1957
Box   6 Folder   49	Supreme Court admissions, 1969
Box   6 Folder   50	Supreme Court admissions, Wisconsin lawyers, 1966-1972, 1980
Box   6 Folder   51	Tongsun Park questionnaire, 1977
Box   6 Folder   52	Trip notes, 1968-1969
Box   6 Folder   53-55	U.S. District Court judgeships, 1978-1979
Box   6 Folder   56	What are You and Me Gonna Do?, 1970-1971
Box   6 Folder   57	Wilderness Society appointment, 1980
Box   6 Folder   58	Wisconsin photographers' project, 1972
Box   6 Folder   59	Zeitlin, Maurice, file, 1970-1971
	Series: Office Management, 1963-1980	⇧
	Subseries: Administration, 1963-1980
Box   6 Folder   60	Administrative assistant meetings
Box   6 Folder   61	Allowances: paper, stamps, telegraph, telephone, 1973
	Closing the office, 1980
Box   6 Folder   62	Form letters
Box   7 Folder   1	Procedures
	Congressional Record, mailing list
Box   7 Folder   2	1966, 1972
Box   503 Folder   9	1976
	Correspondence, Staff, personal
Box   7 Folder   3-6	Bechtel, Bill, 1963-1965, 1967-1969
Box   7 Folder   7-9	Bennet, Tom, 1967-1970
Box   7 Folder   10	Billings, Linda, 1968
Box   7 Folder   11	Blobaum, Roger, 1964-1965
Box   7 Folder   12-13	Brezina, Dennis, 1969-1970
Box   7 Folder   14	Brustin, Arnold, 1968-1969
Box   7 Folder   15-25	Cherkasky, Bill, 1967-1973
Box   7 Folder   26-27	Conconi, Charles, 1969-1970
Box   7 Folder   28-29	Garlington, Gordon, 1970-1971
Box   7 Folder   30	Groner, Larry, 1975
Box   7 Folder   31-33	Hanson, Louis, 1976-1978
Box   8 Folder   1-3	Heritage, John, 1969, 1970
Box   8 Folder   4	Madison, Fred, 1968
Box   8 Folder   5	Nedelman, Jeff, 1978
Box   8 Folder   6	Osterhout, David, 1970
Box   8 Folder   7	Reuther, Alan, 1970
Box   8 Folder   8-12	Sawall, Warren, 1963-1965, 1967-1970
Box   8 Folder   13	Schneider, Kathryn, 1965
Box   8 Folder   14	Spring, William, 1964-1965
Box   8 Folder   15-16	Short, Richard, 1969-1970
Box   8 Folder   17	Stock, Sherman, 1963-1965
Box   8 Folder   18	General, 1972-1973
Box   8 Folder   19	GSA pamphlets, allotments, and form letters, 1974
Box   8 Folder   20	Files inventory, past, 1974-1977
	Job applicants
Box   8 Folder   21-22	Employment, 1974
Box   8 Folder   23	Legal counsel, 1978
Box   8 Folder   24-29	Permanent, 1963-1968, 1970, 1975-1977
Box   8 Folder   30-38	Summer interns, 1963-1968, 1973-1977
Box   8 Folder   39	Calamaro, Ray, miscellaneous for, 1974
Box   8 Folder   40	Cherkasky, William, miscellaneous for, 1974
Box   8 Folder   41	Job descriptions and issues, past, 1969
Box   8 Folder   42	Korbel, William, field reports, 1975
Box   8 Folder   43	Library of Congress, 1964-1969
Box   8 Folder   44-45	Mailing lists
Box   8 Folder   46-49	Memoranda, 1964-1966, 1974
Box   8 Folder   50	Miscellaneous, 1965, 1973
Box   9 Folder   1-2	Office equipment, 1972-1973
Box   9 Folder   3	Office operations and procedures
Box   9 Folder   4	Past filing systems, 1968-1973
Box   9 Folder   5	Personnel, 1974
	Personnel records
Box   9 Folder   6-11	1963-1969
Box   9 Folder   12-13	1975-1978
Box   9 Folder   14-15	“Inactive” (covering 1963-1968), 1968
Box   9 Folder   16	Periodical reading list, 1971-1972
Box   9 Folder   17	Registered voters, 1972
Box   9 Folder   18	Special direct mailings, 1973
Box   9 Folder   19	Staff assignments, by office area, circa 1969-1974
Box   9 Folder   20	Staff processing, 1973-1974
Box   9 Folder   21-24	Supplies and equipment, 1965-1968, 1973, 1977
Box   9 Folder   25	Telegram account, 1972, 1977-1980
Box   9 Folder   26-34	Telephone account, 1963-1968, 1977-1980
	Subseries: Office appointments, invitations, and visitors, 1964-1980	⇧
Box   10 Folder   1	1964, Speaking invitations, regretted
	1965
Box   10 Folder   2	Guest book
	Invitations
Box   10 Folder   3	Accepted
Box   10 Folder   4	When in area
Box   10 Folder   5	Office appointments and visitors
Box   10 Folder   6	Speaking invitations, regretted
	1966
	Invitations
Box   10 Folder   7	Accepted
Box   10 Folder   8-9	Regretted
Box   10 Folder   10-11	Office appointments and visitors
Box   10 Folder   12	Speaking invitations, regretted
	1967
Box   10 Folder   13	Appointment book
	Invitations
Box   10 Folder   14	Accepted
Box   10 Folder   15-16	Regretted
Box   10 Folder   17-19	Office appointments and visitors
Box   11 Folder   1-2	Speaking invitations, regretted
	1968
	Invitations
Box   11 Folder   3-4	Accepted
Box   11 Folder   5	Regretted
Box   11 Folder   6-7	When in area
Box   11 Folder   8	Nelson reception, April 18
	Office appointments and visitors
Box   11 Folder   9-10	Called
Box   11 Folder   11	Cancelled
Box   11 Folder   12	Speaking invitations, regretted
	1969
	Invitations
Box   11 Folder   13	Regretted
Box   11 Folder   14	When in Area
Box   11 Folder   15-16	Office appointments and visitors
Box   11 Folder   17	Speaking invitations, regretted
	1970
	Invitations
Box   12 Folder   1	Accepted
Box   12 Folder   2	Representative to attend
Box   12 Folder   3	Forwarded to Sherman to handle
Box   12 Folder   4	Forwarded to Louis Hanson to handle
Box   12 Folder   5-13	Speaking invitations, regretted
Box   12 Folder   14-15	Teach-In invitations, regretted
	Office appointments and visitors
Box   12 Folder   16-18	Called
Box   12 Folder   19	“No shows”
	1971
Box   13 Folder   1	Earth Week invitations, regretted
	Invitations
Box   13 Folder   2	Accepted, January-March
Box   13 Folder   3	“Note Calendar”
Box   13 Folder   4	Refer to Louis Hanson
Box   13 Folder   5	Refer to Sherman Stock
Box   13 Folder   6	Regretted, July-August
Box   13 Folder   7	Staff to represent
Box   13 Folder   8	Withdrawn
Box   13 Folder   9-10	Office appointments and visitors
	Speaking invitations, pending
Box   13 Folder   11-12	General
Box   13 Folder   13	Out of state (when in area)
Box   13 Folder   14	Wisconsin
Box   13 Folder   15-17	Speaking invitations, regretted
	1972
	Invitations
Box   13 Folder   18	Accepted
Box   13 Folder   19	Regretted
Box   13 Folder   20	Staff to attend
Box   13 Folder   21	Sawall, Warren, to attend
Box   13 Folder   22	When in area
Box   13 Folder   23	“Note calendar” to attend
	Office appointments and visitors
Box   13 Folder   24	January-March
Box   14 Folder   1	April-December
Box   14 Folder   2	“No shows”
	Speaking invitations
Box   14 Folder   3-5	Pending
Box   14 Folder   6	Regretted
	1973
	Invitations
Box   14 Folder   7	Regretted
Box   14 Folder   8	When in area
Box   14 Folder   9-21	Office appointments, visitors, and invitations
	1974
Box   14 Folder   22-24	Invitations, regretted
Box   15 Folder   1	Invitations, regretted (continued)
Box   15 Folder   2-13	Office appointments, visitors, and invitations
	1975, Office appointments, visitors, and invitations
Box   15 Folder   14-17	January-April
Box   16 Folder   1-9	May-December
Box   16 Folder   10-20	1976, Office appointments, visitors, and invitations
Box   17 Folder   1-12	1977, Office appointments, visitors, and invitations
	1978, Office appointments, visitors, and invitations
Box   17 Folder   13-16	January-April
Box   18 Folder   1-7	May-December
Box   19 Folder   1-13	1979, Office appointments, visitors, and invitations
	1980, Office appointments, visitors, and invitations
Box   19 Folder   14-15	January-February
Box   20 Folder   1-13	March-December
	Milwaukee Office-Sherman Stock-Invitations
Box   20 Folder   14	Appearances-when in area, 1970-1971
	Invitations and appearances
Box   20 Folder   15-17	Accepted and pending, 1966-1970
Box   21 Folder   1-4	Accepted and pending, 1971-1973
Box   21 Folder   5-7	Regretted, 1966-1973
	Subseries: Schedules, 1965-1980	⇧
Box   21 Folder   8-11	1965-1967
Box   22 Folder   1-19	1968-1974
Box   23 Folder   1-22	1975-1980
Box   23 Folder   23	Nelson's Activities in Washington, 1979-1980
Box   23 Folder   24	Nelson's Activities in Wisconsin, 1974-1980
	Subseries: Speaking engagements and travel, 1964-1980	⇧
Box   24 Folder   1-3	1964
Box   24 Folder   4-5	1964-1965
Box   24 Folder   6	1965 March 18-21, California
Box   24 Folder   7-10	1966
Box   24 Folder   11-13	1967 January-July
Box   25 Folder   1-6	1967 August-December
	1968
Box   25 Folder   7	Carrie Lee Nelson
Box   25 Folder   8-14	January-September
Box   26 Folder   1-3	October-December
Box   26 Folder   4	October 31, Stevens Point Debate
Box   26 Folder   5	Cancelled last minute
	1969
Box   26 Folder   6-14	January-December
Box   26 Folder   15	Cancelled last minute
	1970
Box   26 Folder   16-20	January-June
Box   27 Folder   1-2	July-December
Box   27 Folder   3	April 20-24, Earth Day tour
Box   27 Folder   4	Cancelled last minute
	1971
Box   27 Folder   5-7	January-December
Box   27 Folder   8	April 19-23, Earth Week tour
Box   27 Folder   9	Cancelled last minute
	Travel expenses
Box   27 Folder   10	Office, 1971
Box   27 Folder   11	Personal, 1971
	1972
Box   27 Folder   12-15	January-December
Box   27 Folder   16	July 10, Democratic Convention, Miami
Box   27 Folder   17	Cancelled last minute
	1973
Box   28 Folder   1-6	January-December
Box   28 Folder   7	May 18, Northland College
Box   28 Folder   8	October 26-29, November 9-20, Wisconsin
Box   28 Folder   9	Cancelled last minute
	1974
Box   28 Folder   10-17	January-September
Box   29 Folder   1-2	October-December
Box   29 Folder   3	May 23, National Organization of Women (NOW), Marshfield Chapter meeting
Box   29 Folder   4	December 6-8, Democratic Charter Conference, Kansas City
	1975
Box   29 Folder   5	Calendars
Box   29 Folder   6-13	January-December
	1976
Box   29 Folder   14	Calendars
Box   29 Folder   15-18	January-December
Box   29 Folder   19	April 19-23, Wisconsin Democratic delegation tour
Box   29 Folder   20	October 11-18, Wisconsin
Box   29 Folder   21	Cancelled last minute
	1977
Box   29 Folder   22	Calendars
Box   29 Folder   23	January-March
Box   30 Folder   1-3	April-December
Box   30 Folder   4	August 5-23, London
Box   30 Folder   5	Cancelled last minute
	1978
Box   30 Folder   6-9	January-December
Box   30 Folder   10-11	February 13-21, Wisconsin and trip working papers
Box   30 Folder   12	February 24-25, Wyngaard testimonial, CETA hearing
Box   30 Folder   13	April 21-23, Wisconsin
Box   30 Folder   14	June 16-19, Wisconsin
Box   30 Folder   15	June 30-July 6, Wisconsin
Box   30 Folder   16	September 8-11, Wisconsin
Box   30 Folder   17	October 17-22, Wisconsin
Box   30 Folder   18	November 1-5, Wisconsin
Box   30 Folder   19	November 28-December 1, California, CAP award
Box   30 Folder   20	December 10-17, Wisconsin
	Cancelled
Box   30 Folder   21	China
Box   30 Folder   22	Last minute
	1979
Box   30 Folder   23-30	January-October
Box   31 Folder   1-2	November-December
Box   31 Folder   3	January 2-7, San Juan
Box   31 Folder   4	February 14-20, Wisconsin
Box   31 Folder   5	March 30-April 2, Wisconsin
Box   31 Folder   6	April 17-23
Box   31 Folder   7	May 11-13, Wisconsin
Box   31 Folder   8	May 18-20, Madison/ Milwaukee
Box   31 Folder   9	June 21-27, Wisconsin
Box   31 Folder   10	October 5-9, Wisconsin
Box   31 Folder   11	November 2-5, Wisconsin/ Florida
Box   31 Folder   12	Cancelled last minute
	1980
Box   31 Folder   13	Calendars
Box   31 Folder   14-22	January-December
Box   31 Folder   23	January 13-17, White House Conference on Small Business
Box   31 Folder   24	February 8-14, Wisconsin
Box   31 Folder   25	February 15-17, National Home Improvement Council convention, Florida
Box   31 Folder   26	February 21-26, Madison Civic Center Dedication (Carrie Lee Nelson)
Box   31 Folder   27	March 7-10, Wisconsin
Box   31 Folder   28	March 21-24, Wisconsin
Box   31 Folder   29	March 28-31, Wisconsin
Box   31 Folder   30	April 10-14, California
Box   31 Folder   31	April 17-20, Wisconsin
Box   31 Folder   32	April 22, Earth Day -- 10th Anniversary, Congressional Rally and Reception
Box   31 Folder   33	April 25-27, Wisconsin
Box   31 Folder   34	May 15-19, Wisconsin
Box   31 Folder   35	June 5-7, Wisconsin
Box   31 Folder   36	July 7-13, Wisconsin
Box   31 Folder   37	August 1-4, Wisconsin
Box   31 Folder   38	August 6-12, Wisconsin
Box   31 Folder   39	August 10-September 3, Wisconsin Tour
Box   31 Folder   40	August 11-14, Democratic National Convention, New York (Carrie Lee Nelson)
Box   32 Folder   1	September 24-26, Green Bay senior citizens (Carrie Lee Nelson)
Box   32 Folder   2	September 26-28, Green Bay, Nelson-Kasten debate (includes briefs)
Box   32 Folder   3	October 2-November 10, Wisconsin campaign (Gaylord Nelson and Carrie Lee Nelson)
Box   32 Folder   4	December 6, Portland, Oregon
Box   32 Folder   5	Cancelled last minute
Box   32 Folder   6-7	Miscellaneous issues [briefs for debates or speeches]
Box   32 Folder   8	Speech index/ record
	Conferences and meetings, attended
Box   32 Folder   9	Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), 1969
Box   32 Folder   10	Inter-parliamentary Union, Spring meeting, 1978
Box   32 Folder   11-12	Mexico-United States Interparliamentary, 1969, 1972
Box   32 Folder   13-14	North Atlantic Assembly, 1970, 1972
Box   32 Folder   15	United Nations and the Human Environment, 1972
Box   32 Folder   16	United Nations of the Next Decade, Stanley Foundation, 1970
Box   32 Folder   17	World Food Conference, 1974
	Series: Bill Files, 1963-1980	⇧
	Subseries: Nelson bills introduced, 1963-1980
Box   33 Folder   1	Bills by committee
	Indices and summaries
Box   33 Folder   2-7	1963-1970
Box   34 Folder   1-7	1966, 1969-1976
Box   34 Folder   8-9	Legislation introduced by Congress, 88th-96th, 1963-1980
Box   34 Folder   10	Nelson's “Dear Colleague” letters and bill briefs
Box   34 Folder   11-48	88th-94th Congress, 1963-1976
Box   35 Folder   1-33	94th-96th Congress, 1976-1980
	Subseries: Nelson bills enacted, 1965-1980	⇧
	89th Congress, 1965-1966
Box   36 Folder   1	S.1172: Teacher Corps Act
Box   36 Folder   2	S.1759: Mainstream Employment Provision in the Economic Opportunity Act
	91st Congress, 1969-1970
Box   36 Folder   3	S.3016: Economic Opportunity Act
Box   36 Folder   4	S.3867: Manpower and Training Legislation
Box   36 Folder   5	92nd Congress, 1971-1972, S.31: Emergency Employment Act
	93rd Congress, 1973-1974
Box   36 Folder   6	S.1559: Comprehensive Employment and Training Act
Box   36 Folder   7	S.2686: Legal Services Corporation Act
Box   36 Folder   8	S.3202: Farm Labor Contractor Registration Act
Box   36 Folder   9	S.4079: Emergency Jobs and Unemployment Assistance Act
Box   36 Folder   10	S.4178: Headstart, Economic Opportunity and Community Partnership Act
	94th Congress, 1975-1976
Box   36 Folder   11	S.1695: Special Unemployment Assistance Program
Box   36 Folder   12	H.R.8911: SSI Hold Harmless Amendment
Box   36 Folder   13	H.R.10210: Special Unemployment Assistance Extension Act
Box   36 Folder   14	H.R.12987: Emergency Jobs Programs Extension Act
	95th Congress, 1977-1978
Box   36 Folder   15	S.1242/ H.R.2992: Youth Employment and Demonstration Projects Act
Box   36 Folder   16	S.1303: Legal Services Corporation Act Amendments
Box   36 Folder   17	S.2570: Comprehensive Employment and Training Amendments
Box   37 Folder   1	Economic Opportunity Act: Amendments (P.L. 95-568)
Box   37 Folder   2	S.50: Full Employment and Balanced Growth Act
Box   37 Folder   3	S.517: Federal Employees Flexible and Compressed Work Schedules Act
Box   37 Folder   4	S.518: Federal Employees Part-Time Career Employment Act
Box   37 Folder   5	H.R.9346: Social Security Financing Amendments
Box   37 Folder   6	S.1725: Weatherization, Energy Assistance & Energy Conservation - Economic Opportunity Amendment
Box   37 Folder   7	S.2503: Refinancing Social Security to fund DI & HI with general revenues
Box   37 Folder   8	S.2880 and 2881: Civil Services Retirement Fund
	96th Congress, 1979-1980
Box   37 Folder   9	S.2337: Legal Services Corporation Act Amendments
Box   37 Folder   10	Finance & Human Resources: efforts to bring federal dollars to Wisconsin
Box   37 Folder   11	S.2804: To provide a reduction in Social Security taxes
Box   37 Folder   12	S. Con. Res. 67: Opposing taxation of Social Security
Box   37 Folder   13	H.R.3236: Disability Insurance Amendment for Wisconsin Public Employees
	Subseries: Bill histories, 1965-1980	⇧
Box   38 Folder   1	Agent Orange, 1969-1978
Box   38 Folder   2-7	Agriculture, 1978-1980
Box   38 Folder   8-9	Comprehensive Employment and Training Act (CETA), Wisconsin Historical Society budget, Nelson-Javits amendment
Box   38 Folder   10	Conquest of Cancer Act, 1971
Box   38 Folder   11	Consumer protection, 1969-1976
Box   38 Folder   12	Endangered Species Act amendments, 1978
	Energy legislation
Box   38 Folder   13	Accomplishments, 1973-1980
Box   38 Folder   14	Alternative fuels, 1976-1980
Box   38 Folder   15	American Motors, 1977-1980
Box   38 Folder   16	Automobile fuel efficiency, 1974-1975
Box   38 Folder   17	Critical materials, 1974-1980
Box   38 Folder   18	Earth Day/ Burlington, Wisconsin, 1973
Box   38 Folder   19	Gasoline rationing, 1973-1980
Box   38 Folder   20	Incremental gasoline pricing, 1980
Box   38 Folder   21	Memos
Box   38 Folder   22	National energy information system, 1973-1976
Box   38 Folder   23	Northern Tier Pipeline, 1979-1980
Box   38 Folder   24	Nuclear power, 1974-1976
Box   38 Folder   25	Wisconsin heating oil crisis, 1979
Box   38 Folder   26	Federal Habeas Corpus (S.1314)
Box   38 Folder   27	Green Thumb program, 1980
Box   38 Folder   28	Information and analysis, 1970
Box   38 Folder   29	Intelligence activities/ wiretapping legislation, 1973-1979
Box   38 Folder   30-31	Miscellaneous, 1971-1980
Box   38 Folder   32	Nelson Poverty amendment, 1965
Box   38 Folder   33	New privacy proposals, 1979
Box   38 Folder   34	Nixon tapes and papers, 1975-1978
Box   38 Folder   35	Privacy bills (S.1816), 1978-1980
Box   38 Folder   36	Tire safety, 1966, 1969, 1977
Box   38 Folder   37	Upper Great Lakes Regional Development Act, 1965
	Subseries: Requests from others for co-sponsorship, circa 1963-1976	⇧
Box   39 Folder   1-30	88th-90th Congress, 1963-1968
Box   40 Folder   1-19	91st-94th Congress, 1969-1976
	Subseries: Roll call votes/ voting records, 1963-1980	⇧
Box   41 Folder   1-22	88th-91st Congress, 1963-1970
Box   42 Folder   1-23	91st-92nd Congress, 1970-1972
Box   43 Folder   1-21	93rd-94th Congress, 1973-1976
Box   44 Folder   1-24	94th-95th Congress, 1976-1978
Box   45 Folder   1-9	96th Congress, 1979-1980
Box   40 Folder   20	Nelson's legislative activities, 96th Congress, 1979-1980
Box   235	Nelson's voting history, 91st and 94th Congresses, 1969-1970, 1975-1976, oversize
Box   40 Folder   21	Nelson's roll call attendance and voting records, 1963-1980
	Series: Campaign Material, 1962-1980	⇧
	1962
Box   46 Folder   1	Background
	Films
CB 040	[Gaylord Nelson Campaign Spots] / [production company unknown], circa 1962 Physical Description: 1 film reel of 1 (766 feet); silent and sound; black and white; 16 mm print and negative  Scope and Content Note: Contains various Nelson campaign spots (from 1960 gubernatorial campaign and Nelson's 1962? campaign for Senate). A few optical sound tracks are included. Possibly produced by Art Schultz.
CB 033	[Nelson Campaign 1962] / [production company unknown], 1962 Physical Description: 1 film reel of 1 (700 feet); sound; black and white; 16 mm print (CB 033) :   1 film reel of 1 (1226 feet); silent and sound; black and white; 16 mm print (DD 645) :   1 film reel of 1 (455 feet); silent; black and white; 16 mm print (AC 459)  Scope and Content Note: Two reels (AC 459 and DD 645) contain miscellaneous footage of Nelson which was used later in promotional spots for his 1962 Senate campaign. Reel number CB 033 contains seventeen completed spots for television. Credits: sponsored by the Nelson for Senate Committee. Note: CB 033 is shrunken very little and buckled.
DD 646	[Gaylord Nelson Campaign Spots and Outtakes] / [production company unknown], circa 1962 Physical Description: 1 film reel of 1 (1155 feet); silent and sound; black and white; 16 mm print  Scope and Content Note: Film of Nelson campaign spots and their outtakes; includes clips of Nelson with his family, John F. Kennedy, college students, and elderly people. Note: Image disappears in spots.
FF 074	[Gaylord Nelson Campaign Clips and Outtakes] / [production company unknown], circa 1962 Physical Description: 1 film reel of 1 (1372 feet); silent; black and white; 16 mm print  Scope and Content Note: Film of Nelson campaign spots and their outtakes; includes clips of Nelson with his family, college students, and elderly people. Note: Related to DD 646?
AC 434	[Knowles Television Spots-1966] / [production company unknown], 1966 Physical Description: 1 film reel of 1 (357 feet); sound; black and white; 16 mm archival positive  Scope and Content Note: Contains thirteen television spots. They endorse Knowles for governor of Wisconsin during the 1966 campaign.
Mss 1020 Box   46 Folder   2	Literature Campaign literature for Governor Nelson's 1962 run for U.S. Senate explaining his accomplishments in conservation are available online.
Box   46 Folder   3	Polls
	1968
Box   46 Folder   4	Attitude polls
Box   46 Folder   5-7	Attitude survey, 1964, 1966, 1968
	Audio tapes
1173A/25-27	Edward Kennedy
1173A/37	Vince Lombardi
1173A/41-45, 47-53, 62, 89	Car registration, nuclear ban, auto prices, etc.
Mss 1020 Box   46 Folder   8	Biography
Box   46 Folder   9	Conservationists for Nelson Campaign literature supporting Nelson's 1968 re-election are available online.
Box   46 Folder   10	“Campaign Train”
Box   234 Folder   6	Poster, Whistle Stop Tour, oversize
Box   46 Folder   11	Community leaders, Jewish
Box   46 Folder   12	Correspondence and memoranda
Box   46 Folder   13	Critique
Box   46 Folder   14	D.C. Committee
Box   46 Folder   15	Election analysis, 1963
Box   46 Folder   16	Endorsements
	Films
DD 644	[Gaylord Nelson: 1968 Campaign Spots] / [production company unknown], circa 1968 Physical Description: 1 film reel of 1 (1241 feet); sound; color and black and white; 16 mm print  Scope and Content Note: Series of 32 campaign spots and commercials for Nelson's 1968 re-election campaign for the Senate. Possibly produced by Arthur Schultz. Credits: Authorized and paid for by the Nelson for Senate Committee. Note: Color faded
CB 027	[Hubert H. Humphrey testimonial] / [production company unknown], circa 1967 Physical Description: 1 film reel of 1 (749 feet); sound; black and white; 16 mm archival positive  Scope and Content Note: Hubert Humphrey gives a speech praising the achievements of Gaylord Nelson at a reception held for Nelson in Clear Lake, Wisconsin. Note: Picture and sound are out of sync at points; sound is weak at beginning of film.
AC 439	[La Follette for governor] / Ash Film Productions, circa 1968 Physical Description: 1 film reel of 1 (205 feet); sound; color; 16 mm print  Scope and Content Note: Film contains eight campaign spots endorsing Bronson La Follette for governor. Topics include consumer protection, local conservation, education, and the La Follette tradition.
Mss 1020 Box   46 Folder   17	Funds, information and background, 1962, 1968
Box   46 Folder   18	Fundraising dinner report, 1965
Box   46 Folder   19	General
Box   46 Folder   20	Guidelines for area coordinators
Box   46 Folder   21	Issue material
Box   46 Folder   22	Literature
Box   233 Folder   2	Literature, oversize
Box   46 Folder   23	McCarthy Campaign
Box   46 Folder   24	Miscellaneous
Box   46 Folder   25	Nelson record, 1966
Box   46 Folder   26	Newsletter
Box   46 Folder   27	Newspaper advertising
Box   234 Folder   7-10	Newspaper advertising, oversize Scope and Content Note: Contains newspaper mechanicals with original photos.
Box   46 Folder   28	Organization
Box   46 Folder   29	Outline
Box   238 Folder   5	Poster, oversize
Box   46 Folder   30	Presidential file
Box   46 Folder   31	Press releases
Box   46 Folder   32	Quotes
Box   46 Folder   33	Radio spots information and transcripts
Box   46 Folder   34	Registration
Box   46 Folder   35	Social Security vote
Box   46 Folder   36	Speech notes, Nelson's
Box   46 Folder   37	Speeches
	Television spots information
Box   46 Folder   38	General
Box   46 Folder   39	Bruce Barton, commercial
Box   46 Folder   40	Wisconsin press
	1974
Box   46 Folder   41	Analyses
1173A/63	Audio tape, Nelson Spots, October 21
Mss 1020 Box   46 Folder   42	Barbash, “critical data”
Box   47 Folder   1	Budgets
Box   47 Folder   2	Clippings
Box   47 Folder   3	Cherkasky “special file”
Box   47 Folder   4	Correspondence and planning
Box   47 Folder   5	County fairs
Box   47 Folder   6	Debates
Box   47 Folder   7	Endorsements
	Films
DD 633	[Conversation with Senator Nelson at the Levins' House] / [production company unknown], circa 1974 Physical Description: 1 film reel of 1 (1138 feet); color; 16 mm print (DD 633) :   1 film reel of 1 (1138 feet); 16 mm magnetic track (DD 634)  Scope and Content Note: Senator Nelson discusses current social, political and economic issues (energy, dairy farms, health care, wiretaps, arms race) over coffee at the Levins' house. Note: Conversation from the Levins' is difficult to understand--sound is muffled and speakers are not identified.
CB 041	[Senator Gaylord Nelson 1973-1974 Outtakes] / [production company unknown], circa 1974 Physical Description: 1 film reel of 1 (657 feet); color; 16 mm print (CB 041) :   1 film reel of 1 (649 feet); sound; 16 mm magnetic track (CB 042)  Scope and Content Note: Senator Nelson speaks on giantism in corporations, inflation, healthcare, wiretapping, and the arms race with the Soviet Union. All of the shots are outtakes probably used for campaigning. Note: Picture disappears in some spots and sound is static in some spots.
AC 443	[Gaylord Nelson on Wiretapping and Drug Prices] / [production company unknown], circa 1974 Physical Description: 1 film reel of 1 (385 feet); silent; color; 16 mm print (AC 443) :   1 film reel of 1 (385 feet); sound; 16 mm magnetic track (AC 444)  Scope and Content Note: Footage for Nelson's re-election campaign 1974 in three parts: 1) Nelson talks on wiretapping and drug pricing, 2) Walter Mondale gives an endorsement for Nelson for Senator, and 3) Nelson outtakes (campaign spots?) on the government and the environment. Note: Sound fades in and out on Mondale speech
AC 447	[Gaylord Nelson: Looking over the Land] / [Committee for Senator Nelson?], 1973 Physical Description: 1 film reel of 1 (321 feet); silent; color; 16 mm print  Scope and Content Note: Nelson hikes the North Country Trail. Includes scenes of Telemark Lodge in northern Wisconsin.
VHA 594/VFA 006	[Nelson Campaign Ads 1974] / Unitel, 1974 Physical Description: 1 videocassette (VHS) (5 minutes); sound, color; 1/2-inch viewing copy (VHA 594) :   : 1 videocassette (Betacam SP) (VFA 006)  Scope and Content Note: Five thirty-second television ads filmed for 1974 re-election campaign. Senator Sam Ervin endorses Nelson; William Proxmire and Nelson are shown together. Credits: Tony Schwartz, producer?
Mss 1020 Box   47 Folder   8	Fundraising
Box   47 Folder   9	Fundraising events
Box   47 Folder   10-11	General Campaign material
Box   47 Folder   12	“Good articles”
Box   47 Folder   13	“Good letters”
Box   47 Folder   14	Ideas
Box   47 Folder   15	Kaplan, Esther (Chairman), file
Box   47 Folder   16	League of Women Voters interview information
Box   47 Folder   17	Literature
Box   233 Folder   3	Literature, oversize
Box   47 Folder   18	Memoranda
Box   47 Folder   19	Nelson for Senate Committee press releases
Box   47 Folder   20	“Nelson Record”
Box   47 Folder   21	Newspaper advertising
Box   234 Folder   5	Newspaper advertising, oversize
	Petri, State Senator Thomas
Box   47 Folder   22	General
Box   47 Folder   23	Issues information
Box   47 Folder   24	Position papers
	Quotes
Box   47 Folder   25	Drugs
Box   47 Folder   26	Energy and conservation
Box   47 Folder   27-28	General
Box   47 Folder   29	Pension reform
Box   47 Folder   30	Vietnam
Box   47 Folder   31	Radio working file
Box   47 Folder   32	Republican Party
Box   48 Folder   1	Survey
Box   48 Folder   2	Television spots
Box   236	Tickler mailing list, 1973, oversize
Box   48 Folder   3	Usable happenings
	1980
	Audio tapes
1173A/82-86	Nelson-Kasten debate, UW-Green Bay, 1980 September 26
1173A/23	Nelson re-election dinner, Pfister Hotel, Milwaukee, 1974 September 14
Mss 1020 Box   48 Folder   4	Correspondence
Box   48 Folder   5	Election returns, 1978
Box   48 Folder   6	Election statistics, 1972-1978
Box   48 Folder   7	Endorsements, Nelson
Box   48 Folder   8	General
Box   48 Folder   9	Historical interest for “Nelson Record,” 1966-1968, 1974
	Issues
Box   48 Folder   10-13	Briefing books, multiple issues
Box   48 Folder   14-16	Debate, defense
Box   48 Folder   17	Energy and environment
Box   48 Folder   18	Mayaguez
Box   48 Folder   19-20	Miscellaneous, 1974-1980
Box   48 Folder   21	Legislative achievements, environment
Box   48 Folder   22	Literature
Box   233 Folder   4	Literature, oversize
Box   48 Folder   23	Mailing lists, undated
	Media information
Box   48 Folder   24	Get-out-the-vote and voter ID
Box   48 Folder   25	Plans
Box   49 Folder   1	Plans (continued)
Box   49 Folder   2-3	TV-Radio spots
Box   49 Folder   4	Meeting minutes, daily staff, July-September
	Memos
Box   49 Folder   5	Energy
Box   49 Folder   6	Debate, League of Women Voters
Box   49 Folder   7	Miscellaneous
	Nelson for Senate Committee
Box   49 Folder   8	Baver, Robert, attorney
Box   49 Folder   9	Finances
Box   49 Folder   10-34	News clippings
	Other candidates and opposition
	Cofrin, Doug
Box   49 Folder   35	Committee finances
Box   49 Folder   36	General
Box   49 Folder   37	Dreyfus, Lee
	Kasten, Bob
Box   49 Folder   38	Debates Candidate
Box   49 Folder   39	Endorsements
Box   49 Folder   40	General
Box   49 Folder   41-47	Voting records
	Kohler, Terry
Box   49 Folder   48	General
Box   49 Folder   49	Committee finances
Box   49 Folder   50	Miscellaneous
Box   50 Folder   1	Olson, Rusty
	Polls and surveys
Box   50 Folder   2	Harris, Lou, and others, 1975-1978
Box   50 Folder   3	Milwaukee Journal poll, 1978-1979
Box   50 Folder   4	Nelson questionnaire, 1979 January
Box   50 Folder   5-9	Polls, 1978, 1980
Box   50 Folder   10	Volunteer survey
Box   233 Folder   5	Voters, oversize materials
Box   50 Folder   11	National Taxpayers Union
Oversize Folder   13	Poster
Box   50 Folder   12	Presidential file, 1976
Box   50 Folder   13	Press book
	Press releases, statements, speeches, drafts
Box   50 Folder   14	Auxier, Gary, file
Box   50 Folder   15	Dairy article
Box   50 Folder   16	General
Box   50 Folder   17	Energy, drafts
Box   50 Folder   18	Environment, Nelson vs. Kasten
Box   50 Folder   19	Environment, general
Box   50 Folder   20	General newsletter mock-up
Box   50 Folder   21	Year end newsletter, 1978 Fall
Box   50 Folder   22-32	Quote file
Box   50 Folder   33	Small business propaganda
Box   50 Folder   34	Steve Johnson
	Travel
Box   50 Folder   35	Days in Washington, D.C., 1980
	Days in Wisconsin
Box   50 Folder   36	1979
Box   50 Folder   37	1980
Box   50 Folder   38	Maps, 1980
Box   50 Folder   39-40	Weekly schedules-D.C., 1978-1979
	Voting studies and ratings
Box   51 Folder   1	Hearings, attendance
Box   51 Folder   2	Wisconsin AFL-CIO voting records
Box   51 Folder   3-12	General, 1973-1980
Box   51 Folder   13	Wisconsin Democratic Party
Box   51 Folder   14-17	Other campaigns / Senatorial Campaign Committee, 1968-1970, 1977
	Series: Financial Records, 1959, 1963-1983	⇧
Box   52 Folder   1	Automobiles
Box   52 Folder   2	Banking miscellaneous, 1972-1980
Box   52 Folder   3-4	Business interest with Marshall Erdman, 1965-1973
Box   52 Folder   5	Campaign, receipts and expenditures reports, 1974, 1979
	Campaign finances
	General
Box   52 Folder   6	Bank statements, 1974-1980
Box   52 Folder   7-9	Check stubs, 1971-1980
Box   53-57	Contributors, index files Physical Description: 5 shoeboxes
	Wisconsin, A-Z
	Non-Wisconsin, A-Z
	PACS
	Madison
Box   52 Folder   10	Debt settlement, 1980-1983
Box   52 Folder   11	Early Nelson activities, circa 1963-1971
Box   52 Folder   12	Internal Revenue Service (IRS), 1972-1981
Box   52 Folder   13	Registration, 1974-1980
Box   52 Folder   14	Reports, 1975-1980
	, 1974 Nelson campaign
Box   52 Folder   15	Federal reports
Box   52 Folder   16	Financial reports, Internal Revenue Service
Box   52 Folder   17	Invitations and mailings, 1973-1974
Box   52 Folder   18	Media contracts
Box   52 Folder   19	Journal receipts and disbursements, 1973-1974
Box   52 Folder   20	Press releases
Box   52 Folder   21	Procedure for fundraising
Box   52 Folder   22	Report worksheets
Box   52 Folder   23	Treasurer's correspondence
	, 1980 Nelson campaign
Box   52 Folder   24	Californians
Box   52 Folder   25	Contributor's lists
Box   52 Folder   26	Correspondence
Box   52 Folder   27	Events
Box   58 Folder   1-2	Financial journal worksheets
Box   58 Folder   3	Invitations
Box   58 Folder   4	Media bills
Box   58 Folder   5	Political Action Committee (PAC) correspondence
Box   58 Folder   6-8	Reports, 1979-1980
	Charge accounts
Box   58 Folder   9-12	American Express, 1973-1980
Box   58 Folder   13-14	Visa, personal account, 1977-1980
	Expenses
Box   58 Folder   15-20	Account books (office and personal), 1964-1974
Box   239	Loose ledger sheets (office and personal), 1971-1977, oversize
	Office (“special account”)
Box   59 Folder   1-4	Bills paid, 1973-1974, 1976-1980
Box   59 Folder   5-7	Check stubs, 1971-1975, 1980
	Personal
Box   59 Folder   8-21	Bills paid, 1964, 1966-1980
	Check stubs
Box   61	1963-1967 Physical Description: 1 small box
Box   59 Folder   22-23	1967-1969
Box   60 Folder   1-3	1970-1979
Box   60 Folder   4-10	Financial statements and disclosure records, 1968-1979
Box   60 Folder   11-13	Honoraria, 1968-1979
Box   60 Folder   14-30	Income taxes and working files, 1959, 1963, 1968-1977 Note: 1964 with paid bills, personal
Box   62 Folder   1	Mutual Funds, 1969-1973
	Nelson property
Box   62 Folder   2	Camden Road, Wisconsin, sold, 1966
Box   62 Folder   3	Calvend Lane, Maryland, 1971, 1973-1979
Box   62 Folder   4	Kenilworth Drive, Maryland, 1967-1968
Box   62 Folder   5	Retirement plans, 1968-1976
Box   62 Folder   6	Staff activity reports, 1970-1971
	Travel expenses
Box   62 Folder   7-19	Nelson, 1966-1970, 1972-1979
	Staff
Box   62 Folder   20-28	1972-1978
Box   63 Folder   1-2	1980
Box   63 Folder   3	Staff and Nelson, 1966-1971
	Series: Committee Files, 1965-1980	⇧
	Subseries: Committee on Labor and Public Welfare: Subcommittee on Employment, Manpower, and Poverty, 1965-1980
Box   64 Folder   1	Airlie Conference on Poverty, 1968-1969
Box   64 Folder   2-7	Community Action Agency reports, 1969
Box   64 Folder   8-9	Conservation work for the unemployed, Nelson Amendment, 1966
	Correspondence files
Box   64 Folder   10	Alphabetical by recipient, A-Z, outgoing, 1975-1980
	Alphabetical by subject, incoming and outgoing
Box   64 Folder   11	Date file, 1978 June
Box   64 Folder   12	AFDC
Box   64 Folder   13	Agriculture
Box   64 Folder   14	CETA
Box   64 Folder   15	Child and Human Development Subcommittee issues
Box   64 Folder   16	Child welfare
Box   64 Folder   17	Civil service and retirement fund
Box   64 Folder   18	Community action agencies
Box   64 Folder   19	Community development corporations
Box   64 Folder   20	Disability
Box   64 Folder   21	Displaced homemakers
Box   64 Folder   22	Elderly
Box   64 Folder   23	Employment
Box   64 Folder   24	Energy assistance
Box   64 Folder   25	Food stamps
Box   64 Folder   26	Green Thumb
Box   64 Folder   27	Head Start follow-through
Box   64 Folder   28	Labor
Box   64 Folder   29	Legal services
Box   64 Folder   30	Miscellaneous
Box   64 Folder   31	Nutrition
Box   64 Folder   32	OSHA
Box   64 Folder   33	Poverty
Box   64 Folder   34	School lunch and breakfast
Box   64 Folder   35-36	Social Security, 1976-1980
Box   64 Folder   37	Social Security and Civil Service merger
Box   64 Folder   38	Social Security Income (SSI)
Box   64 Folder   39	Supported work program
Box   64 Folder   40	Unemployment benefits
Box   64 Folder   41	Weatherization
Box   65 Folder   1	Welfare
Box   65 Folder   2	Welfare reform
Box   65 Folder   3	Wisconsin leaders
Box   65 Folder   4	Workers compensation
Box   65 Folder   5	Youth employment
Box   65 Folder   6-8	“Executive” correspondence (labor/ health committee), 1969-1980
Box   65 Folder   9	Headstart Child Development Act (S.2060), 1969
Box   65 Folder   10	Headstart correspondence, 1969-1970
	Hearings
Box   65 Folder   11	Education Subcommittee: Environmental Quality Education Act, 1970
Box   65 Folder   12	Health Subcommittee: Prescription Drug Legislation, 1970
Box   65 Folder   13	Human Resources Administration, NYC scandal, 1969
Box   65 Folder   14	Internal Revenue Service (IRS) ruling, 1970
Box   65 Folder   15	JOBS (Job Opportunities in the Business Sector), 1970
Box   65 Folder   16	Job Corps closings, 1969
Box   65 Folder   17	Job Corps legislation, VISTA program, Oklahoma, 1969
Box   65 Folder   18-20	Job Corps supporters, 1969
Box   65 Folder   21	Legal Services program, 1970
	Manpower bill (S.3867), 1970
Box   65 Folder   22-25	General correspondence, 1969-1970
Box   66 Folder   1	Private employment agencies correspondence
Box   66 Folder   2	Manpower older workers programs correspondence
Box   66 Folder   3	Mayors and others correspondence
Box   66 Folder   4	News clippings
Box   66 Folder   5	Menominee County bill, 1965-1966
Box   66 Folder   6	Miscellaneous, 1969
Box   66 Folder   7	Neighborhood Youth Corps, 1969-1970
Box   66 Folder   8	Nelson Amendment, Operation Mainstream-Green Thumb, 1969-1970
Box   66 Folder   9	Office of Economic Opportunity (OEO), 1969
Box   66 Folder   10-11	OEO extension letters of endorsement, 1969
Box   66 Folder   12-14	OEO miscellaneous correspondence, 1969
Box   66 Folder   15	OEO poverty program
Box   66 Folder   16-17	Oklahoma Demonstration Plan, 1970
Box   66 Folder   18	Subcommittee fact sheets
Box   66 Folder   19	Subcommittee press releases, 1969-1972
Box   66 Folder   20	VISTA, 1969-1970
	Subseries: Special Committee on Official Conduct, 1977	⇧
	Hearings
Box   66 Folder   21	Background
Box   66 Folder   22-25	Code of Official Conduct
Box   67 Folder   1-2	Code of Official Conduct (continued)
Box   67 Folder   3-4	House hearings, Commission on Administrative Review
Box   67 Folder   5	Organization and administration, memos and letters
Box   67 Folder   6-7	Report drafts
	S. Res. 36
Box   67 Folder   8	Drafts on Title II
Box   67 Folder   9	Drafts on travel
Box   67 Folder   10	Financial disclosure
Box   67 Folder   11	Memoranda/ personal
Box   67 Folder   12	Obey Commission, working papers
Box   67 Folder   13	Related legislation proposals
Box   67 Folder   14	Unofficial office accounts
Box   67 Folder   15-18	S. Res. 110, Amendments and drafts
	Subseries: Select Committee on Small Business, 1967-1980 (mainly 1975-1980)	⇧
Box   67 Folder   19	Accomplishments
Box   67 Folder   20-21	Annual report
Box   67 Folder   22	Articles about Nelson, 1980
Box   67 Folder   23	Association newsletters and publications
Box   67 Folder   24	Bill histories, 1975-1980
Box   68 Folder   1	Calendars, 1977-1980
Box   68 Folder   2	Capital formation newsletter drafts, 1980
Box   68 Folder   3-6	Committee reports, 1975-1980
Box   68 Folder   7-8	Congressional Record reprints, 1977-1979
Box   68 Folder   9	Drug legislation, 1967-1979
Box   68 Folder   10	Editorial reprints
Box   68 Folder   11	Equal Justice Act
Box   68 Folder   12	Interstate land sales
Box   68 Folder   13-14	Miscellany
Box   68 Folder   15	Newsletter ideas
Box   68 Folder   16	Press packets, 1975-1979
Box   68 Folder   17-21	Press releases, 1975-1980
Box   68 Folder   22	Regulation reform
Box   68 Folder   23	Small Business Administration, 1980
Box   68 Folder   24	Small Business Administration bills
Box   68 Folder   25	SSBC Report, 1975-1979
Box   68 Folder   26	Small Business Development Centers, 1980
Box   68 Folder   27	Speech and press release drafts, 1980
Box   68 Folder   28	Staff
Box   68 Folder   29	Summary report, 1980
Box   68 Folder   30	Task Force on Small Business newsletter drafts, 1980
Box   68 Folder   31	White House Conference, 1980
Box   68 Folder   32	White House Conference report, 1980
	Incoming letters answered by Correspondence Management System, 1980
Box   69 Folder   1-14	0001-0057 , (January-February 26)
Box   70 Folder   1-13	0058-0092 , (February 29-April 1)
Box   71 Folder   1-14	0093-0124 , (April 2-May 6)
Box   72 Folder   1-16	0128-0164 , (May 7-June 12)
Box   73 Folder   1-15	0165-0182 , (June 13-30)
Box   74 Folder   1-45	0184-0242 , (July 2-August 29)
Box   75 Folder   1-34	0246-0289 , (September 2-October 15)
Box   76 Folder   1-13	0290-0305 , (October 16-31)
Box   76 Folder   14-25	Name report index
Box   76 Folder   26-29	Pending files
Box   77 Folder   1-2	Pending files (continued)
	Monopoly Subcommittee drug hearings-Bill Cherkasky files, 1967-1970
Box   78 Folder   1	File listing
Box   78 Folder   2	Abbot Labs, misleading advertising and criminal case
Box   78 Folder   3	Advertising and promotion and detailmen
Box   78 Folder   4	AMA survey, price variance in Chicago drug stores
Box   78 Folder   5-7	Antibiotics conspiracy
Box   78 Folder   8	Aspirin
Box   78 Folder   9	Baumblatt memo
Box   78 Folder   10	Black Market Medicine
Box   78 Folder   11	Senator Bible release, 1970
Box   78 Folder   12	Capital Times, letter to on drug industry
Box   78 Folder   13	Chain store letters
Box   78 Folder   14	Chain stores generic drugs
Box   78 Folder   15	Chemical mutagens, possible health hazard
	Chloramphenicol
Box   78 Folder   16	Blood level comparisons, generic/ trade name
Box   78 Folder   17	“Dear Doctor” letter
Box   78 Folder   18	Federal Drug Administration (FDA)
Box   78 Folder   19	Scientific evaluations
	Chloromycetin
Box   78 Folder   20	Civil suits
Box   78 Folder   21	Labeling
Box   78 Folder   22	Letters from parents and relatives
Box   78 Folder   23	Miscellaneous
Box   78 Folder   24	Nelson press releases
Box   78 Folder   25	News clippings
Box   78 Folder   26	Quotes
	City purchasing survey
Box   78 Folder   27	Haddad
Box   78 Folder   28	Nelson
	Compendium legislation
Box   78 Folder   29	Bill
Box   78 Folder   30	Correspondence
Box   78 Folder   31	General
Box   78 Folder   32	Correspondence, favorable
Box   78 Folder   33	Corticosteroids
Box   78 Folder   34	Defense Supply Agency
Box   78 Folder   35	Deceiving drug reports
Box   78 Folder   36	Drug testing
Box   78 Folder   37	Dilantin
Box   78 Folder   38	Drug Research Reports
Box   78 Folder   39	Economics of the drug industry, Dr. Willard Mueller, F.T.C.
Box   78 Folder   40	Equivalency, generic/ trade name
Box   78 Folder   41	Fees paid to PMA economists
Box   78 Folder   42	Financial outlook, companies
Box   78 Folder   43	Flu vaccine
	Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
Box   78 Folder   44	Drafting of commissioned officers
Box   78 Folder   45	Dr. James Goddard
Box   78 Folder   46	Drug potency survey
Box   78 Folder   47	Form letter, hearings, general
Box   78 Folder   48	Formulary bill
Box   78 Folder   49	Generic labeling
Box   78 Folder   50	Gilman, Alfred, Dr.
Box   78 Folder   51	Handbook of Prescription Drugs, Dr. Richard Burack
Box   78 Folder   52	Hearing aids
Box   78 Folder   53-54	Hearings, news clippings, 1967-1969
Box   78 Folder   55	Hospital formularies
Box   78 Folder   56	Ideas
Box   78 Folder   57	Identi-code bill
Box   78 Folder   58	Influenza facts
Box   78 Folder   59	Informational duties of doctors
Box   78 Folder   60	Marijuana, drug abuse control
Box   78 Folder   61	Medical ethics
Box   78 Folder   62	Medical profession and the drug industry
Box   78 Folder   63	Medical World News profile of Nelson
Box   78 Folder   64	Merck-Union drug strike
Box   78 Folder   65	Montefiore Hospital purchasing
Box   78 Folder   66	Montoya bill
Box   78 Folder   67	National formulary-American Pharmacists Association (APhA)
Box   78 Folder   68	NRTA-AARP drug service
Box   78 Folder   69	New York City purchasing
Box   78 Folder   70	Oral contraceptives
Box   78 Folder   71	Physicians' Drug Manual
	PMA (Pharmaceutical Manufacturers Association)
Box   78 Folder   72	Correspondence
Box   78 Folder   73	General
Box   78 Folder   74-78	Newsletters
Box   79 Folder   1	News releases
Box   79 Folder   2	Stetler speeches and statements
Box   79 Folder   3	Price changes, correspondence
Box   79 Folder   4	Prices, charts and tables
Box   79 Folder   5	Prices, general
Box   79 Folder   6	Quotes, favorable on hearings
Box   79 Folder   7	Recalls
Box   79 Folder   8	Readers Digest
Box   79 Folder   9	Retail advertising of drug prices
Box   79 Folder   10	Rough material for newsletter
Box   79 Folder   11	Sadove reports
Box   79 Folder   12	Smith, Kline and French, Walter Munns speech, critical of hearings
Box   79 Folder   13	Squibb, George
Box   79 Folder   14	Task force, Health, Education, and Welfare
Box   79 Folder   15	Tetracycline, adverse effects
Box   79 Folder   16	United States Pharmacopeia (USP)
Box   79 Folder   17	Vendetta on drug industry, Nelson
Box   79 Folder   18	Veterinary use
Box   79 Folder   19	Washington drug letter
	Series: Staff Files, 1963-1980	⇧
	Subseries: Affeldt, Judy Scope and Content Note: Judith Affeldt was a receptionist (1972-1973), a legislative correspondent (1974-1975), and a research assistant (1976-1978) for Nelson's D.C. office. The files here primarily document her work on environmental issues and as a research assistant to Jeffrey Nedelman. Additional information related to this subseries can be found under John Heritage (environment), Jeffrey Nedelman (environment), Mark Barbash (Indian affairs), Roger Blobaum (environment), David Osterhout (environment), and Fred Madison (environment).
Box   80 Folder   1	Animal welfare, 1976-1977
	Anti-nuclear groups, Wisconsin
Box   80 Folder   2	Safe Haven Ltd., 1978
Box   80 Folder   3	League Against Nuclear Dangers (LAND), 1975
Box   80 Folder   4	Appalachian Trail, 1977
Box   80 Folder   5	Atomic energy storage, spent fuel, 1977-1978
Box   80 Folder   6	Automobile-pollution, consent agreement, 1969
Box   80 Folder   7	Blackjack Springs and Whisker Lake, 1977-1978
Oversize Folder   1	Maps, 1977-1978
Box   80 Folder   8	Bong Recreation Area, 1978
Box   80 Folder   9	Boundary Waters Canoe Area, 1975-1978
Box   80 Folder   10	Burros and wild horses, 1971, 1975-1978
Box   80 Folder   11	Clean Lake Program, Section 314, 1975-1977
Box   80 Folder   12	Coal slurry, 1975, 1978
Box   80 Folder   13	Coastal Zone Management Act, 1977-1978
Box   80 Folder   14	Drinking Water Act, 1976-1978
Box   80 Folder   15	Dubuque Bridge, 1976-1978
Box   80 Folder   16	Eagle Valley, bald eagles, 1974-1975, 1977
Box   80 Folder   17	Endangered plants, 1975-1977
Box   80 Folder   18	Endangered Species Act, related to S.2899, 1978
Box   80 Folder   19	Energy conservation, 1976
Box   80 Folder   20	Environment, update and statistics, notes, 1976
Box   80 Folder   21	Flood insurance, 1974, 1977
Box   80 Folder   22	Form letters, 1974-1978
	Great Lakes
Box   80 Folder   23-24	EPA budget, 1975-1978
Box   80 Folder   25	EPA research, speech, 1975-1978
Box   80 Folder   26	International Joint Commission proposal, 1973, 1977
Box   80 Folder   27	Nelson's phosphate bill, 1976-1977
Box   80 Folder   28-30	Phosphate research, 1975-1978
Box   81 Folder   1	Greyhound dog racing and live prey, 1978
Box   81 Folder   2	Hazardous material, transport and storage, 1978
Box   81 Folder   3	Herbicides (2,4,5-T and 2,4-D), Wisconsin forests, 1974, 1977
Box   81 Folder   4	Horicon Marsh, geese, 1976-1978
Box   81 Folder   5	Hunting, steel shot, 1976-1977
Box   81 Folder   6	Indians, 1976-1977
Box   81 Folder   7	Lac Courte Oreilles, Eddy Creek, 1970-1974, 1977-1978
Box   81 Folder   8	Locks and Dam #26, correspondence, 1976
Box   81 Folder   9	Loggers' hearing, Phillips, Wisconsin, 1978
Box   81 Folder   10	Magnetic energy storage, 1977
Box   81 Folder   11	Milwaukee Road Railroad, undated
Box   81 Folder   12	Miscellaneous, 1974-1976, 1978
Box   81 Folder   13	Oil spills, tanker safety, 1975, 1977
Box   81 Folder   14	ORAP (Outdoor Recreation Act Program), Wisconsin, 1978
Box   81 Folder   15	Pesticides, 1974-1975
Box   81 Folder   16	Predator control, 1974-1975, 1977
Box   81 Folder   17	RARE II (Roadless Area Review and Evaluation), 1975-1978
	Recycling
Box   81 Folder   18	Americology, 1976
Box   81 Folder   19	Background, 1973-1975
Box   81 Folder   20	Paper waste, 1975
Box   81 Folder   21	Resource Conservation and Recovery Act, 1976
Box   81 Folder   22-24	Returnable containers, 1974-1978
Box   81 Folder   25-26	Tax credit, 1975-1976
Box   81 Folder   27	Reserve Mining Company, 1974-1976
Box   81 Folder   28	Sewage grants, 1974, 1976
Box   81 Folder   29	St. Croix River, upper, 1974, 1976, 1978
Box   81 Folder   30	St. Lawrence Seaway, 1977
Box   81 Folder   31	Strip mining, 1975-1977
Box   81 Folder   32	Timber wolves, 1975-1977
Box   81 Folder   33	Tuna-porpoise controversy, 1974-1976
Box   81 Folder   34	Water quality, 1972, 1974-1978
Box   81 Folder   35	Water resources, discount rate legislation, 1975, 1977-1978
Box   81 Folder   36	Wildlife, 1974-1978
	Subseries: Alperovitz, Gar Scope and Content Note: Gar Alperovitz joined Nelson's staff in 1963 as legislative director and left in 1966. The material in this series includes information on civil rights, national defense, and poverty (with Bill Spring, 1963-1966) with particular emphasis on the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party's (MFDP) attempt to gain seats at the 1964 Democratic National Convention in Atlantic City, including information on the participation of Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) in the MFDP effort. Also included is information on the draft and Nelson's position on Vietnam and Nelson's interest in poverty, including notes for a book proposal on poverty. Some of Alperovitz's files were passed on to successive staff members and information related to topics in this subseries can be found under Ezra Siff (poverty, conservation, draft), Larry Groner (defense, foreign affairs), Paula Stern (defense, foreign affairs), William Spring (poverty, conservation), Ira Shapiro (civil rights), and Bill Bechtel.	⇧
Box   497 Folder   13	Arthur Larson, correspondence regarding water pollution, 1964-1966
Box   497 Folder   14	Canadian Municipal Winter Works Incentive Program, 1963-1965
Box   82 Folder   1	Candy bill (S.1839), 1965-1966
Box   497 Folder   15	CBR-Chemical, Biological and Radiological Warfare, 1959-1964
	Civil rights
Box   82 Folder   2	Bryn Mawr Second American Revolution Conference, 1964
Box   82 Folder   3	Education (desegregation) reports, 1964-1965
Box   82 Folder   4	Genocide Convention, 1950, 1965
Box   82 Folder   5	Green Proposal, Freedom Party, notes on Democratic Convention, 1964
Box   82 Folder   6	Mississippi background, 1964
Box   82 Folder   7	Mississippi legislation, 1964
Box   497 Folder   16	Murder Bill S.1664, clippings and C.R., 1965
Box   82 Folder   8	Racial terrorism and riots, 1964-1965
Box   82 Folder   9	“Voting Laws of the 50 States and the District....,” 1964
Box   497 Folder   17	Coinage legislation, 1965
Box   82 Folder   10	Committee assignments, correspondence, 1962-1964
	Conservation
Box   82 Folder   11	Assateague Island, 1965
Box   82 Folder   12	Hudson River-Storm King Mountain, 1963-1966
	Correspondence
Box   82 Folder   13	Anti-prouty, excise taxes, custom inspections, 1966
Box   497 Folder   23-24	Miscellaneous, 1965
Box   82 Folder   14	Miscellaneous unanswered, 1965-1966
Box   82 Folder   15	Panama Canal, 1966
Box   82 Folder   16	Reapportionment, 1966
Box   82 Folder   17	Repeal of Taft-Hartley Law, 1965
Box   82 Folder   18	Crime, 1964
	Defense
Box   82 Folder   19	Appropriations, 1964
Box   82 Folder   20-22	Arms control and disarmament, 1963-1966
Box   82 Folder   23-25	Budget, 1963-1966
Box   82 Folder   26	Civil defense, 1963-1964
Box   82 Folder   27	Department of Defense audit, 1964-1965
Box   82 Folder   28	General, 1963
Box   82 Folder   29	Literature, 1963
Box   82 Folder   30	Manned bombers, 1964
Box   82 Folder   31	National Guard technicians, legislation, correspondence, 1963
Box   81 Folder   32	Reducing stockpiles, important correspondence, 1964
	Spending
Box   83 Folder   1	Commission, 1964
Box   83 Folder   2	Controlling the budget, memos, notes, 1964-1965
Box   83 Folder   3-4	Drafts and notes, 1963-1965
Box   83 Folder   5-6	General, 1963-1964
Box   83 Folder   7	News clippings, 1963-1964
Box   83 Folder   8	Votes, background, 1964
	Draft
Box   83 Folder   9	Background, 1966
Box   83 Folder   10	Chronology, 1964
	Correspondence
Box   83 Folder   11	General, 1964-1965
Box   83 Folder   12	Official, 1965
Box   83 Folder   13	Defense Department press releases, 1964-1965
Box   83 Folder   14	News clippings and articles, 1964
Box   83 Folder   15	Notes, drafts, 1964-1965
Box   83 Folder   16	Speeches and articles, 1964-1965
Box   83 Folder   17	Studies and facts, 1964
Box   83 Folder   18	Economy, lead zinc and automation, 1963-1964
	Education
Box   83 Folder   19	Loans (National Defense Education Act), 1963-1964
Box   83 Folder   20	Wisconsin vocational, 1963-1964
Box   497 Folder   18	Equal Employment Opportunities, 1964
Box   83 Folder   21	Excise tax reduction bill
Box   83 Folder   22	Federal Farm Loan Board, 1964
Box   83 Folder   23	Firearms, 1963-1966
Box   83 Folder   24	Foreign affairs, Europe (NATO), 1965
Box   83 Folder   25	Great Lakes fishing, 1965-1967
Box   497 Folder   19	Hearst Senate Youth Program, 1966
	Immigration
Box   497 Folder   20	General, 1965
Box   83 Folder   26	Inland fish management, 1965-1966
	Interior Committee
Box   83 Folder   27	National parks, correspondence, 1963-1964
Box   83 Folder   28	Virgin Islands, 1963-1964
Box   83 Folder   29	Investment tax credit, 1966
Box   497 Folder   21	Ku Klux Klan, 1965
Box   497 Folder   22	Legislative ideas (notes), 1964-1965
	Midwest Universities Research Association (MURA)
Box   83 Folder   30	Correspondence, 1964
Box   83 Folder   31	General, 1964
Box   84 Folder   1	Hearings, 1965-1966
Box   84 Folder   2	Press, 1964
Box   84 Folder   3	Statements, 1964
Box   84 Folder   4	Military personnel, relief poverty, 1964
Box   84 Folder   5	National Rifle Association, 1964
Box   497 Folder   25	Nelson Murder Bill, 1965
Box   497 Folder   26	Parcel Post, 1966
Box   84 Folder   6	Patent policy, 1965-1966
	Poverty
Box   84 Folder   7	Accelerated public works and S.1856, 1964
Box   84 Folder   8	Bill (S.2958), background, 1964
Box   84 Folder   9-10	Book, by Nelson, notes and background, 1964
Box   84 Folder   11	Chapter drafts, by John Maher, circa 1964
Box   84 Folder   12	Open space land program, 1964
Box   498 Folder   1	Public Works, 1964
Box   498 Folder   2	Ribicoff-College Expense Tax Credit, 1964-1965
Box   84 Folder   13	Right to information, 1964-1965
Box   498 Folder   3	Rough ideas (notes), 1964-1965
Box   84 Folder   14	Senate seminar breakfast, correspondence, 1964-1965
Box   84 Folder   15	Subcommittee on Monopoly, 1966-1968
Box   84 Folder   16	Tax cut, 1963-1964
	Tennessee Valley Authority
Box   498 Folder   1	General, 1964
Box   84 Folder   17	Reports, 1964
Box   84 Folder   18	Truth in lending, 1966
Box   84 Folder   19	Truth in packaging and labeling, 1965-1966
Box   84 Folder   20	United States foreign aid, facts, 1963-1964
Box   84 Folder   21	United States foreign policy, background, 1964
Box   84 Folder   22	United States foreign relations, Multilateral Nuclear Force, 1964
Box   498 Folder   5	Van Altena Case, 1964
Box   498 Folder   6	Voter registration, 1965-1966
Box   498 Folder   7	Voting rights, 1965
	Welfare
Box   498 Folder   8	Aid to Dependent Children
Box   498 Folder   9	General
	Subseries: Barbash, Mark Scope and Content Note: Mark Barbash (1973-1978) was employed as a research assistant (1973) and a legislative assistant (1974) in Nelson's D.C. office before moving to the district office in Milwaukee to take charge of Special Projects (casework) (1975-1978). The records in this subseries primarily document the Menominee Restoration Act of 1973 and general Indian affairs. Included is correspondence with Ada Deer, DRUMS, Menominee Enterprises, Incorporated, and other parties interested in restoration; draft legislation; background information; notes; and memos. Also present are case files related to Federal funding for projects. Remaining files provide information on the Upper Great Lakes Regional Commission, transportation, disasters, budget effects, and economic development as they pertain to Wisconsin.	⇧
Box   84 Folder   23	Agriculture, correspondence, cases (requests), 1974-1976
	American Cyanamid Company, Savannah Harbor
Box   84 Folder   24	Application, 1971
Box   84 Folder   25	Correspondence, 1972
Box   84 Folder   26	Hearings, 1972
Box   84 Folder   27	Proposal, 1970
Box   85 Folder   1	Reports, 1970-1971
Box   85 Folder   2	Appropriations, bills, 1974
Box   85 Folder   3	Budget (1975), 1972-1974
Box   85 Folder   4	Budget, effects on Wisconsin, 1973-1974
Box   85 Folder   5	Coin reproduction, 1972-1973
Box   85 Folder   6	Congressional pay raise, 1973-1974
Box   85 Folder   7	Disaster assistance, general, 1972-1974
Box   85 Folder   8	Disasters, Wisconsin, 1973-1974
Box   85 Folder   9	Economic development, 1974-1975
Box   85 Folder   10	General Services Administration, federal grantees, 1972
Box   85 Folder   11	Great River Road, 1972
Box   85 Folder   12	Hobbyists, 1973
	Indian affairs, reports and publications
Box   85 Folder   13	“An Ecological Study of Wild Rice,” 1961
Box   85 Folder   14	“Chippewa Flowage,” 1972
Box   85 Folder   15	“Chippewa Reservoir Project No. 108,” 1970
Box   85 Folder   16	“Chippewa Reservoir Project No. 108,” 1973
Box   85 Folder   17	“Hydrologic Study Chippewa Flowage Project in Northern Wisconsin,” 1972
Box   85 Folder   18	“Hydrologic Study Chippewa Flowage Project in Northern Wisconsin,” 1973
Box   85 Folder   19	“A Proposal for Phase II of the Establishment of a Reservation-Based Economic Enterprise System in the Great Lakes Inter-tribal Council Area of Wisconsin,” 1973
Box   85 Folder   20	“Public Recreation on the 'Big Chip',” 1972
Box   85 Folder   21	“Reserve Mining Company Preliminary Comments on the Weston Report,” 1971
Box   85 Folder   22	“Scenic River Study of the Lower St. Croix River,” 1971
Box   85 Folder   23	“Seeking a Voice on NSP's Board,” circa 1973
Box   85 Folder   24	“Wild Rice-How it Grows, How to Cook It,” fact sheet, 1971
Box   85 Folder   25	Indian bill, 1972
	Indian tribes
Box   85 Folder   26	Bad River, 1974
Box   85 Folder   27	Lac Courte d'Oreilles, 1973-1974
Box   86 Folder   1	Lac du Flambeau, 1972-1974
Box   86 Folder   2	Oneida, 1974-1975
Box   86 Folder   3	Potawatomi, 1974-1975
Box   86 Folder   4	Red Cliff, 1972-1974
Box   86 Folder   5	St. Croix, 1973-1974
Box   86 Folder   6	Stockbridge-Munsee, 1972-1974
Box   86 Folder   7	Winnebago, 1974
Box   86 Folder   8	Industry statistics, Wisconsin, 1971-1973
Box   86 Folder   9	Manawa Dam, 1973
	Menominee Indians and Restoration
Box   86 Folder   10	Amendments, 1973
Box   86 Folder   11	Background, 1972-1975
Box   86 Folder   12	Briefing material, 1973
Box   86 Folder   13	Budget (H.R.16900), 1974
Box   86 Folder   14	Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA), report, 1973
Box   86 Folder   15	Concerns, 1973
Box   86 Folder   16-21	General, 1971-1974
Box   86 Folder   22	Legal analysis, undated
Box   86 Folder   23	Legislation, drafts, 1970-1971
Box   86 Folder   24	Memoranda, 1972
	Menominee versus United States, findings and brief
Box   86 Folder   25-26	Volumes 1-2, 1972
Box   87 Folder   1-5	Volumes 3-7, 1972-1973
Box   87 Folder   6	News clippings, 1971-1973
Box   87 Folder   7	Warrior Society, Novitiate takeover, 1975
Box   87 Folder   8	Midwest regional development, 1974
Box   87 Folder   9	Nature preserve, Milwaukee Disciplinary Barracks, 1972-1973
Box   87 Folder   10	Northern Hardwoods Inc., Butternut, Economic Development grant, 1972-1973
Box   87 Folder   11	Offshore fishing limits, 1972
Box   87 Folder   12	Pensaukee Harbor, 1973
Box   87 Folder   13	Prairie du Chien, flood control, 1973-1974
Box   87 Folder   14	Procurement, surplus and excess property, 1974
Box   87 Folder   15	Society for the Preservation and Encouragement of Barbershop Quartet Singing in America, 1972
Box   87 Folder   16	Tornado, Wisconsin, assistance, 1974
	Transportation
Box   87 Folder   17	Articles, 1972
Box   87 Folder   18	Department of Transportation, 1972-1973
Box   87 Folder   19	Energy, correspondence, 1972-1973
Box   87 Folder   20	Federal Aviation Administration, air flight, 1972-1973
Box   87 Folder   21	General, 1972
Box   87 Folder   22	Highway 16 case, 1972
Box   87 Folder   23	Highway Trust Fund, Federal Aid Highway Act, 1972
Box   87 Folder   24-25	Highways, Wisconsin and local, 1971-1973
Box   87 Folder   26	Interstate Commerce Commission, 1972
Box   87 Folder   27	Interstate-57, Wisconsin, 1971-1972
Box   87 Folder   28-29	Mass transit, 1972-1973
Box   88 Folder   1-2	Northport Harbor, Army Corps of Engineers, 1967-1972
Box   88 Folder   3	Racine Coast Guard, 1972
Box   88 Folder   4	Railpax service, 1970-1971
Box   88 Folder   5-6	Railroad right of way, 1972-1973
	Upper Great Lakes Regional Commission
Box   88 Folder   7	Memos, notes, background, 1973-1974
Box   88 Folder   8	Working file, 1973
Box   88 Folder   9	Whitewater truck leasing bid, 1972
	Subseries: Bechtel, William Scope and Content Note: Bill Bechtel served as an administrative assistant from 1964 to 1969. The material found in this subseries was identified in the original inventory as either legislative correspondence or legislation for the 88th Congress (1963-1964), but some files extend beyond 1964. None of the material was identified as Bechtel's, but evidence of his involvement is represented in the files along with other staff members. Since the office's early filing system was incongruent with succeeding systems and distinction between types of files was not clear, the files identified as 88th Congress were brought together as a central file under Bechtel. Many of the files are clearly correspondence files and others subject files, but no attempt was made to organize them as such; all files are listed alphabetically. The material created and compiled by various staff members documents a wide range of subjects for the years 1963-1968 and related material can be found under Gar Alperovitz, Roger Blobaum, William Spring, Tom Bennett, and William Cherkasky. Bechtel's administrative files are listed under OFFICE MANAGEMENT. Legislative correspondence from 1965 onward is filed in the CONSTITUENT SERVICES series.	⇧
	Agriculture
Box   89 Folder   1	Appropriations, 1964
Box   89 Folder   2	Dairy, 1963-1964
Box   89 Folder   3	General, 1963-1964
Box   89 Folder   4	Allerton Park, Committee on, 1968
Box   89 Folder   5	American Motors relief, 1967-1968
Box   89 Folder   6-10	Apostle Islands, general and report draft, 1963-1966
Box   89 Folder   11	Aqua-Chem Inc., 1966
Box   89 Folder   12	Area Redevelopment Program, 1963
Box   89 Folder   13	Ashland City lakes, 1963
Box   89 Folder   14	Atheists' form letter, 1964
Box   89 Folder   15	Bad River Chippewa Indians, 1963-1965
Box   89 Folder   16	Banking and currency (H.R.3438), 1963-1964
Box   89 Folder   17	Billboard control, 1963
Box   89 Folder   18	Blood bank, 1963
Box   89 Folder   19	Cadmium, 1963
	Civil liberties
Box   89 Folder   20	Extremism, 1964
Box   89 Folder   21	Loyalty oaths, 1966
Box   89 Folder   22	Prayers in school, 1966
Box   89 Folder   23	Wiretapping, 1966
	Civil rights
Box   89 Folder   24	Churches' response letters, 1964
Box   89 Folder   25-28	Correspondence, general, 1964, 1966
Box   89 Folder   29	Examples of letters, 1964
Box   89 Folder   30	Mississippi Project, 1964
Box   89 Folder   31	Newsletters, 1964
Box   89 Folder   32	Notes, 1964
Box   89 Folder   33	Questionnaire, 1964
Box   89 Folder   34	Civil Service Act, amendments, 1963-1964
Box   89 Folder   35	Civil Service annuities, 1964
Box   89 Folder   36	Cold War, 1965
Box   90 Folder   1	Colorado River, Grand Canyon, 1965-1967
Box   90 Folder   2	Community Antenna Television (CATV), 1966
Box   90 Folder   3	Compulsory arbitration bill
Box   90 Folder   4	Congressional reform, 1963-1966
Box   90 Folder   5-7	Conservation, 1963-1967
Box   90 Folder   8	Conservation, Wisconsin, 1963-1965
Box   90 Folder   9	Constitutional amendments
Box   90 Folder   10	Consumer affairs, 1963-1966
Box   90 Folder   11	Dairy indemnity payments, 1964
Box   90 Folder   12	Draft
	Education
Box   90 Folder   13	Federal aid
Box   90 Folder   14-15	Student loans bill
Box   90 Folder   16	Employers' rights form letter
Box   90 Folder   17	Employment Service, United States
Box   90 Folder   18	Employment Service, Wisconsin
Box   90 Folder   19	Everglades, 1965-1967
Box   90 Folder   20	Fairness Doctrine
Box   90 Folder   21	Fallout shelter bill (S.844)
Box   90 Folder   22	Farm legislation, beef imports, 1964
	Federal appointments
Box   90 Folder   23-24	District Attorney
	Judgeships
Box   90 Folder   25-26	General
Box   91 Folder   1-4	General (continued)
Box   91 Folder   5-7	Rabinovitz
Box   91 Folder   8	Federal funds deposited in Wisconsin banks, 1966
Box   91 Folder   9	Fellowship of Reconciliation, tax status
Box   91 Folder   10	Firearms
Box   91 Folder   11	Foreign Service Academy
Box   91 Folder   12	Freedom Academy
Box   91 Folder   13	Freedom of Information bill (S.1666)
Box   91 Folder   14	Goose hunting season problem, 1966-1968
Box   91 Folder   15	Government spending
Box   91 Folder   16	Great Lakes
Box   91 Folder   17	Great Lakes, region problems, studies, 1966
Box   91 Folder   18	Higher Education bill (H.R.6143)
Box   91 Folder   19	Highway user fees, 1965
Box   91 Folder   20	Ice Age Scientific Reserve (S.2481)
Box   91 Folder   21	Immigration
	Indian affairs
Box   91 Folder   22	General
Box   91 Folder   23	Health (HEW)
Box   91 Folder   24	Housing, Proxmire (S.7452) (HUD)
Box   234 Folder   11	Map, oversize
Box   91 Folder   25-27	Menominee, studies, reports and general
Box   92 Folder   1	Menominee, studies, reports and general (continued)
Box   92 Folder   2	Seneca lands, Kinzua Dam (H.R.1794)
Box   92 Folder   3-7	Individual cases
Box   92 Folder   8	Interior and Insular Affairs Committee, 1963
Box   92 Folder   9	Interior Committee, Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands
Box   92 Folder   10	Jury Trial form letters
Box   92 Folder   11	Labor letters
Box   92 Folder   12	Land and Water Conservation Fund Act
Box   92 Folder   13	Lawyers (S.318)
Box   92 Folder   14	Lead and zinc
Box   92 Folder   15	Liberty amendment
Box   92 Folder   16	Local government reform conference, 1964
Box   92 Folder   17	Lower Education Act, correspondence unanswered
Box   92 Folder   18	Medicare (hospital insurance)
Box   92 Folder   19	Mental Health (S.755, S.756)
Box   92 Folder   20	Midwest Universities Research Association (MURA), 1963-1967
Box   92 Folder   21	Migratory labor
Box   92 Folder   22	Military pay raise
Box   92 Folder   23-24	Miscellaneous issues
Box   92 Folder   25	NASA budget
Box   92 Folder   26	National Beautification Program, 1967
Box   92 Folder   27	National Defense Education Act
Box   92 Folder   28	Natural resources, 1963-1964
Box   92 Folder   29	Naturalization in Wisconsin lists (form mail)
Box   92 Folder   30	News releases, 1963
Box   92 Folder   31	Northern States Power Company, 1967-1968
Box   92 Folder   32	Oil shale, 1964-1968
Box   92 Folder   33	Otepka, Otto, hearings, 1965
Box   92 Folder   34	Outdoor resources, Wisconsin, 1963-1964
Box   92 Folder   35	Parcel Post (S.433)
Box   92 Folder   36	Patent Office fees
Box   92 Folder   37	Peace Corps, domestic
Box   92 Folder   38	Peacetime G.I. bill
Box   92 Folder   39	Police-state tactics, 1967
	Pollution, water
Box   92 Folder   40	Correspondence
Box   92 Folder   41	General
Box   93 Folder   1	General (continued)
Box   93 Folder   2	Great Lakes
Box   93 Folder   3	News clippings, 1965-1966
Box   93 Folder   4	Newsletters, 1965-1966
Box   93 Folder   5	Water resources, oceanography
Box   93 Folder   6	Water Resources Research Center, 1964
Box   93 Folder   7	Water supply and sewerage models, 1964-1965
Box   93 Folder   8	Postal workers
	Poverty, conservation
Box   93 Folder   9	Articles
Box   93 Folder   10-14	Bill background and development (S.2958)
Box   93 Folder   15	Comprehensive
Box   93 Folder   16	Contacts
Box   93 Folder   17	General
Box   93 Folder   18	Jobs, race, etc.
Box   93 Folder   19	Lists
Box   93 Folder   20	Miscellaneous points
Box   93 Folder   21	Press release
Box   93 Folder   22	Speeches
Box   93 Folder   23	Presidential succession, 1966
Box   93 Folder   24	Pucinski bill
Box   93 Folder   25	Reapportionment
Box   93 Folder   26	Recreation
Box   93 Folder   27	Retired Civil Service annuity increase
Box   93 Folder   28	Rural Electrification Administration (REA), 1964
Box   93 Folder   29	Rural poverty
	Scenic easements
Box   93 Folder   30	1963-1965
Box   93 Folder   31	Letters from Governors
Box   93 Folder   32	Seneca Indians
Box   93 Folder   33	Senior citizens
Box   93 Folder   34	Shipbuilding
Box   93 Folder   35	Sierra Club, tax problem, 1966-1967
Box   93 Folder   36	Small Business Committee
Box   93 Folder   37	Smoking, Neuberger's bills
Box   93 Folder   38	Social Security
Box   93 Folder   39	Sun Prairie aid, 1963-1966
Box   93 Folder   40	Tariffs and trade (GATT)
Box   93 Folder   41	Taxes
Box   93 Folder   42	Teacher Corps, 1965-1967
Box   93 Folder   43	Television, 1966-1967
Box   93 Folder   44	Transportation
Box   93 Folder   45	Treaties and conventions
Box   93 Folder   46	United Nations dues
Box   93 Folder   47	United States-Canadian auto parts agreement, 1964-1965
Box   93 Folder   48	Vietnam, 1964
Box   93 Folder   49	Vocational Education Act
Box   93 Folder   50	Weekly newspaper column, 1964, 1966
Box   94 Folder   1	Westlands contract (Interior Committee)
Box   94 Folder   2	Wilderness bill
Box   94 Folder   3	Wildlife
Box   94 Folder   4	Wisconsin economic study
Box   94 Folder   5	Wisconsin, general
Box   94 Folder   6	Wisconsin voting laws
Box   94 Folder   7	Wolf River
Box   94 Folder   8	YGOP statement
Box   94 Folder   9	Youth Conservation Corps
	Subseries: Bennett, Tom Scope and Content Note: Tom Bennett (1967-1970), a legislative assistant, handled subjects related to agriculture, the environment, and poverty. The bulk of the material dates 1965-1969 and includes information on pesticide use and its effects; background on Neighborhood Youth Corps and Jobs Corps camps in Wisconsin and the Upper Great Lakes Regional Commission. Information related to the subjects in this subseries can be found under Roger Blobaum and William Spring.	⇧
Box   95 Folder   1	Agriculture Conservation Program loans, Menominee County, correspondence, 1967-1968
Box   95 Folder   2	Air service, Milwaukee, 1964-1966
Box   95 Folder   3	British ships, 1965-1966
Box   95 Folder   4	Capital gains tax, 1968
Box   95 Folder   5	Corporation farming, hearings, 1968
Box   95 Folder   6	Cranberries, Wisconsin, 1968
	Dairy
Box   95 Folder   7	Butter subsidy, 1966
Box   95 Folder   8	Canned milk concentrate, 1964-1965
Box   95 Folder   9	Colby cheese, 1966-1967
Box   95 Folder   10	Long-term commitments bill, 1963-1965
Box   95 Folder   11	Milk market order, Chicago, 1967-1968
Box   95 Folder   12	Oleo law repeal, 1965, 1967, 1973
Box   95 Folder   13	School milk program, 1965-1966
Box   95 Folder   14	Farm bill, 1965
Box   95 Folder   15	Farm, news clippings, 1965
Box   95 Folder   16	Forest Products Laboratory, 1964-1965
Box   95 Folder   17	General farm policy, 1965
Box   95 Folder   18	Imports and labor, 1967
Box   95 Folder   19	Nike site, Milwaukee, 1967
	Pesticides
Box   95 Folder   20-23	American Association for the Advancement of Science, 1969
Box   95 Folder   24-30	Background, statement and speech drafts, 1963-1969
	DDT
Box   96 Folder   1	Background, 1962, 1965-1966
Box   96 Folder   2	News, 1959, 1965-1966
Box   96 Folder   3	Working file, 1967
Box   96 Folder   4	Evaluations of some pesticide residues in food, 1967
Box   96 Folder   5	Milk indemnity payments, 1966-1969
Box   96 Folder   6	Milk indemnity, Traastad case, 1970
Box   96 Folder   7	Pest control, 1968-1970
Box   96 Folder   8-13	Research, 1968-1969
Box   97 Folder   1-23	State by state reports on research, regulation and use, 1969, A-Z
Box   97 Folder   24	Studies, 1962-1966
	Poverty
Box   98 Folder   1	Job Corps conservation camps, 1964-1965
Box   98 Folder   2	Neighborhood Youth Corps in Wisconsin, circa 1965
Box   98 Folder   3-4	General, Wisconsin, 1964-1967
Box   98 Folder   5	Regional export development, hearings, 1967
Box   98 Folder   6	Sun Prairie schools, aid, 1964-1965
Box   98 Folder   7	Superior grain, 1967
Box   98 Folder   8	Tariffs and trade, 1967-1969
Box   98 Folder   9	Trade, mink fur, 1967-1968
Box   98 Folder   10	Trade expansion hearings, witnesses, fact sheets, 1967
Box   98 Folder   11-12	Upper Great Lakes Commission, 1967
Box   509 Folder   1	Poverty, 1966
Box   509 Folder   2	Public relations, 1965-1966
Box   509 Folder   3	Public works, correspondence, and contract news releases, 1966
Box   509 Folder   4	Reapportionment
	Regional development
Box   509 Folder   5	General
Box   509 Folder   6	Upper Midwest
Box   510 Folder   1	Upper Great Lakes Development Commission
Box   510 Folder   2	Correspondence, up through 1964
Box   510 Folder   3	Correspondence, 1965
Box   510 Folder   4	Northern Wisconsin Development Project
	Research and development
Box   510 Folder   5	General
Box   510 Folder   6	Hearings, official correspondence with witnesses
Box   510 Folder   7	Nelson hearings
	Subseries: Billings, Linda Scope and Content Note: Linda Billings (1963-1969) initially worked in Nelson's office as a secretary (1963-1965), then became a legislative assistant (1966), and finally deputy administrative assistant (1967-1969). Her records primarily document Nelson's attack on the automobile and tire industry which led to hearings before the Commerce Committee and to legislation which called for national standards for tire manufacture. Another large portion of this subseries provides information on systems analysis research and development related to poverty and manpower.	⇧
	Automobile prices
Box   99 Folder   1	Background, 1966-1969
Box   99 Folder   2	Company responses, 1968
Box   99 Folder   3	Hearings, 1968-1969
	Automobile safety
Box   99 Folder   4-6	Background, 1961-1967
Box   99 Folder   7	Hearings, Iowa, 1966
Box   99 Folder   8	Memos and contacts, 1965-1966
Box   99 Folder   9	Mobile homes, 1968
Box   99 Folder   10	News clippings, 1964-1966
Box   99 Folder   11	Prototype car, 1968
Box   99 Folder   12-13	Recalls, 1965-1969
Box   99 Folder   14-15	Standards, 1965-1969
Box   99 Folder   16	Consumer affairs, 1967
Box   99 Folder   17	Employment discrimination/ action file, 1965
	Fair Labor Standards
Box   99 Folder   18	Amendment to H.R.13712, 1966
Box   99 Folder   19	Minimum wage, constituent correspondence, 1966
Box   99 Folder   20	Puerto Rico hearing, 1965-1966
Box   99 Folder   21	Labor, 1967
Box   99 Folder   22	Junior Village, District of Columbia, 1965
	Public Works Committee
Box   99 Folder   23	Flood controls, 1964
Box   99 Folder   24	Highways, 1963
Box   99 Folder   25	Patent Office building, 1963-1964
Box   99 Folder   26	Public buildings, 1963
	Reapportionment, Dirksen bill
Box   100 Folder   1	Background, 1964-1967
Box   100 Folder   2	News, 1961-1964
Box   100 Folder   3	Statement drafts, 1964-1965
	Systems analysis (research and development regarding manpower and poverty)
Box   100 Folder   4	Background papers, 1963-1966
Box   100 Folder   5	Bill, speech, release drafts, 1965-1967
Box   100 Folder   6	Blaschke, Charles, report
Box   100 Folder   7	California material, 1964-1965
Box   100 Folder   8	Environmental health, 1964-1965
Box   100 Folder   9-11	General, 1966-1967
Box   100 Folder   12-13	Hearings, 1965-1966
Box   100 Folder   14	Hirsch, Walter, proposal, 1964-1966
Box   100 Folder   15	News clippings, 1965
Box   100 Folder   16	Questionnaire, letters, 1968
Box   100 Folder   17-18	Working file, 1964-1967
Box   100 Folder   19	Teacher Corps replies, 1967
	Tire safety
Box   100 Folder   20	Articles, 1964-1965
Box   100 Folder   21-22	Background, 1964-1966
	Correspondence
Box   100 Folder   23-24	Company, replies, 1965, 1967
Box   100 Folder   25	Firestone, wide oval, letters, 1967-1968
Box   100 Folder   26-27	General, 1964-1966
Box   101 Folder   1	Tire letters, 1967
Box   101 Folder   2-3	Court cases, 1965, 1967
	Hearings
Box   101 Folder   4	Commerce Committee hearings, 1965
Box   101 Folder   5	Federal Trade Commission, marketing hearings, 1964-1968
Box   101 Folder   6	Tire defect notification, 1967-1969
Box   101 Folder   7	House action, 1966-1967
Box   101 Folder   8-9	Legislation, 1966-1967
Box   101 Folder   10-11	National Tire Dealers and Retreaders Association, newsletters, 1965
Box   101 Folder   12-15	News clippings, 1964-1968
Box   101 Folder   16-17	Recall, bill development, 1965-1968
Box   101 Folder   18	Rubber Manufacturers' Association, 1964-1965
Box   101 Folder   19-22	Standards, 1964-1968
Box   101 Folder   23	Station wagons, 1965
Box   101 Folder   24	Three-T Fleet testing, 1967
Box   101 Folder   25-26	Traffic safety, 1967-1968
Box   101 Folder   27	White House Conference on Natural Beauty, 1965
	Subseries: Blobaum, Roger Scope and Content Note: Roger Blobaum (1963-1967) worked as press secretary and as a specialist on agriculture and farming. Most of his files pertain to farming and conservation. Of particular interest are the files on tourist blight (Nelson's effort to put restrictions on an overabundance of advertising in Door County, 1965-1966) and farm auctions (concerning dairy income for farmers, 1966). There is some overlap in files belonging to Blobaum, Spring, and Bennett.	⇧
Box   102 Folder   1	Auto junkyards, 1965-1966
	Correspondence
Box   102 Folder   2	Agriculture, dairy, 1965
Box   102 Folder   3	General, 1965-1966
Box   102 Folder   4	Miscellaneous
Box   102 Folder   5	Official (farm bill, wildlife, recreation), 1965-1966
Box   102 Folder   6	Omnibus farm bill, 1965
Box   102 Folder   7	Rural Electrification Administration (REA), 1965-1967
Box   102 Folder   8	Soil and water conservation, 1965
Box   102 Folder   9	Department of Natural Resources, 1961, 1964-1965
Box   102 Folder   10	Environment, miscellaneous, 1968
	Farm auctions
Box   102 Folder   11-12	Advertisements by county, A-Z, 1966
Box   102 Folder   13	Correspondence, 1966
Box   102 Folder   14	Nation's Capitol, west front expansion, 1966
Box   102 Folder   15	River Basin planning, 1964
Box   102 Folder   16	Supple Marsh, conservation and development, 1964
Box   102 Folder   17	Systems analysis, 1965-1966
	Tourist blight
Box   102 Folder   18	Bayfield, 1966, 1968
Box   102 Folder   19	Conference plans, 1965-1966
Box   102 Folder   20	Correspondence, 1965
Box   102 Folder   21	General, 1967
Box   102 Folder   22	Names of interested people, 1966
Box   102 Folder   23	News clippings, 1966
Box   102 Folder   24	Zoning, 1929, 1934-1935, 1965-1966
	Wildlife-recreation
Box   102 Folder   25	Development of S.339, 1965
Box   102 Folder   26	News clippings and releases, 1965
Box   102 Folder   27	Payments, 1958, 1963-1965
Box   102 Folder   28	Summary of all recreation and related legislation to 1968
Box   102 Folder   29	Summary of conservation legislation, 1964
	Subseries: Cherkasky, William Scope and Content Note: Bill Cherkasky was legislative director (1967-1969) and an administrative assistant (1971-1974) and was responsible for legislation related to many topics. He was also responsible for office and staff administration. As such, Cherkasky's files are organized by his position and his materials are dispersed throughout the collection. Present in this subseries are “early” files from his time as legislative director and “later” files from his time as administrative assistant. The earlier files relate mainly to tax issues. The later files contain background on Nelson's legislation and his interests. The files are more referential containing background material, copies of speeches and statements, press releases, and miscellaneous correspondence. These later files, subject and correspondence, are remnants of some larger filing system which is not present here in its totality. Cherkasky's office management files are within the OFFICE MANAGEMENT series; he also maintained Nelson's drug hearings files (found with the COMMITTEE FILES) and his financial records which form a separate series.	⇧
	“Early” files
Box   103 Folder   1	American Motors relief, 1967
Box   103 Folder   2	Drug hearings, 1967
	Election reform
Box   103 Folder   3	Campaign financing
Box   103 Folder   4	Campaign spending
Box   103 Folder   5	General, 1968-1969
Box   103 Folder   6	Electoral college
Box   103 Folder   7	Voting age
Box   103 Folder   8	Interior Committee, 1967
	Labor
Box   103 Folder   9	Manpower Act, 1966
Box   103 Folder   10	Migratory bills, hearing, 1965
Box   103 Folder   11	Unemployment compensation, 1967
Box   103 Folder   12	Medicare, 1964-1968
Box   103 Folder   13	Sex education, 1969
Box   103 Folder   14-15	Small Business Committee, 1965-1966
Box   103 Folder   16	Social Security, 1967-1968
Box   103 Folder   17-18	Tax exempt municipal bonds, 1964-1968
Box   103 Folder   19	Tax reform, 1966-1969
	Tax sharing
Box   103 Folder   20	Drafts and notes, 1966-1967
Box   103 Folder   21	General, 1966-1967
Box   103 Folder   22	Hearing witnesses, 1967
Box   103 Folder   23	Statement draft, 1967
Box   103 Folder   24	Taxes, 1966-1968
	“Later” files
Box   103 Folder   25	Agriculture, 1971-1972, 1974
Box   103 Folder   26	Articles with Nelson mentioned
Box   103 Folder   27	Business affairs
Box   103 Folder   28	Chippewa Flowage, 1971-1972
Box   103 Folder   29	Congressional affairs, 1972-1974
Box   103 Folder   30	Consumer affairs
Box   103 Folder   31	Diet and heart disease
Box   103 Folder   32	Drug hearings, 1973
Box   103 Folder   33	Economy
Box   103 Folder   34	Education
Box   103 Folder   35	Election reform, 1972
Box   103 Folder   36	Emigrant New York Indians (S.1972)
	Environment, National
Box   103 Folder   37	Air pollution, Lear letter, 1969
Box   103 Folder   38	Drought, 1974
Box   103 Folder   39	Earth Week, 1972
Box   104 Folder   1	Energy, 1971
Box   104 Folder   2-3	Environmental education, 1971-1972
Box   104 Folder   4	Oceans, 1971
Box   104 Folder   5	Pollution, general, 1970
Box   104 Folder   6	Water pollution
Box   104 Folder   7	Water resources, 1968-1972
	Environment, Wisconsin
Box   104 Folder   8	Air pollution, 1972
Box   104 Folder   9	Conservationism, 1973
Box   104 Folder   10	Wild rivers, 1971
Box   104 Folder   11	Environmental Teach-In, 1969
Box   104 Folder   12	Environmental Protection Agency
	Foreign relations, 1972-1975
Box   104 Folder   13	Foreign aid
Box   104 Folder   14	Jackson amendment
Box   104 Folder   15	Middle East
Box   104 Folder   16	SALT (Strategic Arms Limitation Treaty)
Box   104 Folder   17	Soviet Union
Box   104 Folder   18	United Nations
Box   104 Folder   19	Health, 1974
Box   104 Folder   20	Indian affairs, 1971-1972
Box   104 Folder   21	Interior Committee, energy legislation, 1973
Box   104 Folder   22	International trade, dairy, 1975
Box   104 Folder   23	Israel, 1975-1976
Box   104 Folder   24	Letters to government officials, 1971
Box   104 Folder   25	Nader Report, 1972